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"He'll be okay, Ed," Mary says, from beside him. She reaches out, laying a reassuring hand on Ed's forearm. "They'll all be okay."
Her voice sounds calm, but when Ed shoots her a sidelong glance, he can see that the anxiety in her eyes mirrors his own.
"I know," Ed says, patting her hand. "I know. It's just… fuck. This is gonna be the longest six minutes of my life, y'know?"
Ed Teach watches from the Family Room at Mission Control while his husband, Commander Stede Bonnet, and his fellow crewmates re-enter earth's atmosphere after their flight around the moon.
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A Little Orange for Your Blue by crimsonandclover1717
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
07 Mar 2026
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...That’s when he sees Stede coming out from the inn and heading towards the water.
He’d said he wanted to help, but had been vague about what that entailed exactly. Ed had envisioned them floating side by side, perhaps, Stede mirroring his exercises in a cheerful show of moral support...
As he approaches now, Ed squints, trying to figure out what he’s wearing - possibly a new, bright-coloured towel is wrapped about his waist? But as he gets closer, it becomes clear it isn’t that at all, and something is… very wrong.
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08 Mar 2026
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Ed’s seen plenty of folks run a marathon.
He’s also seen plenty of folks walk a marathon.
But he’s never seen anyone race walk a marathon. Until now.
Ed notices the cadence before anything else. It’s all hips. Hips swiveling and dipping like those of a supermodel, if that model were crossing a football field at the same pace the others made it down the catwalk. Arms pumping double time but no bounce in the shoulders—eerily smooth from the chest up. And while on the topic of chest…this might be the broadest chest Ed’s ever seen on an endurance athlete. A luminous pink shirt hugs his biceps, the swell of his tits, the small peaks of his—Jesus. With the rain and the chill, someone’s gonna get an eye poked out.
Ed hopes it’s him.
He doesn’t need both of his eyes.
or:
This blond guy race walking a marathon is the sexiest person Ed Teach has ever seen. And Ed's...fascinated.
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25 Jan 2026
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This Too Shall Pass by fake_geek_boy for ghostalservice
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
20 Jan 2026
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Things are actually pretty quiet today, which would normally be a blessing, but in this particular instance it’s giving him far more opportunities to casually drift past the blond’s room and check on the situation. Just out of professional curiosity, of course.
However, that means that he’s actually in earshot to hear the cop say, with all the smug gloating of a villain in an action movie, “...thought you were so clever, didn’t you, Bonnet? Thought you were one step ahead of us. And now here you are, with nowhere to go. Real pain in the ass, isn’t it?”
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22 Jan 2026
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Ed's been pining after his best friend Stede for all their years working together as photographer and journalist for a nature magazine. After failing again to tell Stede his feelings, he's retreated to his annual vacation spot at Chilika Lake in India, home to the world-famous Nalabana Bird Sanctuary.
Imagine his surprise when Stede himself arrives at the same resort, by total coincidence. Now the universe, Ed's local friends, and nature herself seem to be conspiring to push them together. All it's going to take is a little time, a little truth, a lot of bravery... and a flamingo or two.
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A few days before Christmas and while out of town for work, Ed ends up in the hospital after a car accident. Stede drops everything to get to him and invites Izzy along to help with the driving, even though they've never warmed up to each other in all the years they've known each other. Will they emerge from this journey as reluctant friends?
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Adopting a secret cat in a no-pets-allowed apartment building is one thing. Kissing the new property manager after he discovers your secret cat is another.
Learning the property manager thought he was straight until you kissed him and accidentally sent him into a tailspin—well, it's a weird twenty-four hours for Ed Teach.
So: friends. Friends, he can do. Friends, that's easy. Except there are mochas, and there are movies, and there's this whole queer discovery he's helping Stede navigate, and there are a hell of a lot of chocolate muffins.
Sometimes the journey is the most important part.
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28 Nov 2025
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Ed and Stede meet in the emergency room, where both of them are experiencing... let's just say predicaments.
Written for OFMD Whoops Weekend (the medical emergency prompt)!
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20 Oct 2025
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But there’s no sign of Ed. Stede hasn’t seen him on deck in days. And now there’s hideous curtains on the windows and a cat in the captain’s cabin and if Ed had—if something had happened to him—if he were—
It’ll be fine.
Well, the jacket won’t be, but that’s a sacrifice Stede’s willing to make. That particular color has always washed him out.
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23 Sep 2025
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Stede spent forty years with the love of his life. Day in and day out he learned what it was to be loved by Edward Teach. In the twilight of his years, he has to adjust to a life without his husband and spends one Sunday with his new routine.
An exploration of a different stage of love and loss.
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- Part 12 of Twitfics/Skyfics
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Stede gets a book about pirates from his brother-in-law. Inside, he finds a curious name—his name, Stede Bonnet. It's barely a mention, two measly paragraphs in a longer story about the legendary Blackbeard, with whom he apparently sailed for a time. That night, he dreams about Ed. He learns he already knows more than he'll find in any book.
And Ed? Ed dreams too. He dreams about drowning, mostly.
Until he sees Stede.
The title comes from my best girl Margaret Lanterman, AKA The Log Lady, in one of her iconic Twin Peaks episode intros: "The beautiful thing about treasure is that it exists. It exists to be found."
If you are a podfic enjoyer, you can find it here, and don't forget to leave lindie a little heart. thanks!
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21 Aug 2025
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Ed Teach doesn’t believe in much — but a close encounter on a lonely Nevada highway — and one very intriguing motel owner — might just change his mind.
A 1993 UFO-chaser AU with crew antics, old school X-Files vibes, and a cat named Klaatu.
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05 Aug 2025
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Alma and Louis skip school to go spy on their dad's new boyfriend, Ed, at the diner he owns. When one of them has a medical emergency while eating, Ed has to step up and into their lives earlier than planned.
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Best Friend Frustrations by GayWatson, MarriedState (passingfair)
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
16 Nov 2024
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After years of friendship, Ed's finally ready to do it. He's going to ask Stede out.
The only problem? Stede might be the most oblivious person on the planet.
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16 Jun 2025
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Button House Revisited by badwolf_gallagher88
Fandoms: Ghosts (TV 2019), Ghosts (US TV 2021), Horrible Histories
13 Jul 2024
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Tuesday, 10th July 1945
The following unsent letters were found after the death of Captain James __ — [stop] — We hope you find some comfort in them — [stop]—
The War Office
A collection of letters that James never sent to Anthony, and Anthony's reply.
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Bookmarked by Grainleaf
11 Jun 2025
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“Did you mean it?” he blurts out.
Stede looks up from the shirt he’s mending, must see something in Ed’s face because he sets it immediately aside. “Mean what?”
For a moment, Ed just blinks at him, not quite sure what he meant either; then, in the same way as that night with the moonlight and the silk, it all finally clicks into place. “That this can be—whatever we want it to be.”
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Or: it's QPR ed and stede because no one can stop me
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Dr. Edward Teach is Chief Scientist at the International Experimental Thermonuclear Reactor. He's bored out of his fucking skull. But all of that changes when he receives an email from the host of a science podcast who goes by the name of The Gentleman Scientist…
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21 May 2025
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“Ed? What’s going on? Is everything alright?”
A dozen different answers fought to make it out of Ed’s mouth, a bloody battle that was finally won by, “I want to sign the ship’s articles.”
Stede blinked at him, baffled. It was pretty fucking adorable, honestly, but Ed was here on a mission. He couldn’t get distracted, “Excuse me?”
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- Part 1 of Coax You Out
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18 May 2025
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Sins of My Father by Roberta Seaport (Deepdarkwaters)
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
21 Jul 2024
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S1E10 canon divergence - what if Stede never woke up and Mary went through with killing him?
Ten years after her father's death, Alma Bonnet travels to the Republic of Pirates looking for answers.
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03 May 2025
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Stede's won a holiday to an ice hotel in the Arctic Circle! Of course he's going to invite his best friend as his plus one: famous travel YouTuber, Edward Teach.
He forgot to consider how much Ed hates the cold.
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- Part 1 of Onto the Next
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02 May 2025