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    “All those fucking dates. You’re telling me you picked all those dates when you could’ve set me up with the man of my dreams.”

    Archie looks at Ed. Looks at Stede. Back at Ed. Back at Stede. “Him? Stede? Stede. Like, that guy Stede?”

    (or: five times Archie set Ed up on a date and one time she didn't)

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    02 Jan 2025

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    “You know I’d be perfectly glad to give you a crack at it, Ed. I’d…it’s always me. And of course, I thoroughly enjoy a…a good round of cards. But if you’d like a turn, I–I think I’d actually rather enjoy giving you the reins for once.”

    And why the fuck does his voice sound so pitchy and anxious and tight?

    It’s…it’s fucking solitaire.

    “Just don’t think I’ll be as good at it as you, love,” Ed murmurs truthfully.

    “I think–” Stede confesses quietly. “I think you’d be very good, if you were willing to give it a shot. Methodical. Careful. Gentle.”

    Ed frowns. He tilts his head to try and catch Stede’s gaze, but Stede quickly looks away.

    “Do you,” Ed begins, hesitant and feeling strangely wrongfooted, like there’s a conversation happening in Stede’s head that he isn’t a part of. “Do you need to be particularly gentle with playing cards?”

    (OR: Stede is not talking about solitaire. A post-canon romp about quality time, communication, sex, and being brave enough to ask for the things you want.)

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    23 Jun 2024

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    “I thought...” Ed begins, then abruptly stops, swallowing hard. “I was thinking maybe we could… go off somewhere. If you want.” He twists the rings on Stede’s fingers, round and round and round. “Find a little place to live and just, like… fuckin’ live there for a bit. You and me.”

    We.

    It’s only when the word hits his ears that Stede realises how profoundly he’s wanted it— us, we, you and me— from the start.

    Before they move into their inn, Ed and Stede spend one final week on the Revenge.

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    01 Jun 2024

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    Ed watches. Feels the warmth of Stede’s touch and the warmth of the rum, feels the featherlight pass of Stede’s thumb over his pulse.

    “Of course,” Stede says, and Ed looks up to see a flicker of a naughty schoolboy smirk sweep across his features, “there is one particular downside to taking it slow."

    And the fucking dork waggles his eyebrows. Awful. Just appalling.

    It doesn’t not work for Ed.

     

    Ed and Stede fail at taking it slow, after Season 2 Episode 5.

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    03 Mar 2024

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    “I wanna stay,” he slurs, voice just on the cusp of unintelligible. His grip on Stede’s other hand tightens, and his eyes swirl wildly. “I don’t wanna go back, don’t let me go back, Stede–”

    “Go back? Ed, what do you mean?”

    “Don’t wanna…I wanna stay. Please. Lemme stay. Keep me…here, keep me–jus’ keep me, ‘kay?”

    (OR: After the gravy basket, Ed is terrified of falling asleep. It's a fear that stays close by in the weeks that follow. A series of missing scenes from S2, BIG TIME angst with a happy, smutty ending. Because Ed deserves to be happy)

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    16 Feb 2024