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  1. Public Bookmark 58

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    Seasoned pro cyclist Edward “Blackbeard” Teach is counting down the days to his retirement when his swansong at the Tour de France is thrown off-course by a starry-eyed newcomer. Can Stede Bonnet’s enthusiasm remind Ed why he loves cycling, and perhaps help him find some joy in his personal life too?

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    “This is my first Tour, but it’s also my last. I’m here by luck. It won’t happen again.”
    “Hmm. I might have heard something along those lines.”
    Ed has, in fact, heard a lot of it, mostly in Izzy’s outraged voice.

    You know that twat hasn’t even raced a one-day Classic? No real road experience at all, just a handful of time trials. He’s a rower, for fuck’s sake, he’s not got the first idea how to handle himself in a group. He’s only here because his daddy owns the team. Totally unprofessional. Stupid fucking Stede Bonnet.

    “So why are you here now, then?” he asks. “What did you do to get Fortune to smile on you so beautifully?”
    “It’s a long story,” Stede replies.
    “I’ve got all day. Come on, get your bike. We’ll go for a ride and you can tell me all about it.”

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    11 Aug 2025

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    It's the late 90s. Stede, a senior in high school, takes a job at a local fast food franchise to earn some cash, hoping to make it out without his father's help. His trainer at work, Ed, wants to escape too. Maybe together they can get somewhere. Anywhere is better.

    They'll get out, sure. But they have a whole lot to learn.

    Childhood friends to lovers who don't talk about it to strangers to lovers, basically. Some angst, but hopefully balanced.

    Thrilled to say this has been podfic'd by Lindie, the best who ever done it. Link here.

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    01 Aug 2025

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    Ed jerks his head in the direction of the couch in the nearby waiting nook, and prepares himself for impending disaster.

    The impending disaster follows. Eagerly.

    “I’ve organized everything chronologically,” he says, setting the overstuffed briefcase down and thumbing through some of the piles. “But I can, of course, rearrange the presentation order based on your personal preferences! Alphabetically? Most-to-least amusing? Oh! Or a mystery draw - just pick a random folder without looking! That could be fun, couldn’t it?”

    Somewhere, deep in Ed’s soul, a very tiny, very tired voice goes: there is something deeply wrong with you as a man, Ed. You’re into this. Don’t even try to fucking deny it.

    (Or: Stede Bonnet is getting his first tattoo. Maybe. If Ed is able to rifle through Stede's entire briefcase of ideas and pro/con lists and flow charts and excel spreadsheets, and figure out what he actually wants. Which might take some time. A Reverse Big Bang 2025 fic with art by bbyteach!)

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    28 Jul 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 13

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    What if kraken era Ed had fringe? And a sentient and debatabley malevolent porcupinefish?

    Or: Edward Teach's Guide to Breakups

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    24 Jul 2025

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    The true history:
    The Pacific Clipper was a Pan American Airlines scheduled commercial flight from San Francisco, California, to Auckland, New Zealand that operated from 1939 to 1941. All tickets were first class and cost around $15,000 in 2024 US dollars; passengers ate five course meals prepared by chefs from four star restaurants. From December 1941 to January 1942, the Pacific Clipper completed an unplanned nearly around-the-world flight: the first commercial circumnavigation of the globe. Oh, also, there is an actual historical guy referred to as ‘the Swede’ who was the First Engineer on the crew.

    The Our Flag Means Death version:
    Our crew:
    Captain Stede Bonnet
    First Officer Frenchie
    Second Officer/Navigator Buttons
    Third Officer Wee John Feeney
    Fourth Officer Archie
    First Engineer The Swede
    Second Engineer Pete
    First Radio Officer Edward Teach
    Second Radio Officer Jim Jimenez
    Radio Operator Oluwande Boodhari
    Purser Roach
    Asst Purser Lucius Spriggs

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    10 Jul 2025