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Ed is a burned out actor making a stab at reviving his troubled career by appearing in a big Hollywood franchise headed by Pete Black. Stede is an antiquarian bookseller, looking to fill his empty days after his divorce. Ed and Stede discover an undeniable connection when their lives suddenly intersect, but the timing really couldn't be worse. If they want to stay together, they'll need some creative problem solving.
Collaboration with art from Sailor’s Ruin.
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01 Mar 2026
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Ed Teach is a brilliant engineer whose job is taking him halfway around the world for the next six months. Stede Bonnet is in the throes of a midlife crisis, just divorced from his wife and leaving his father's business. When a laundry delivery service mixes up their addresses and leads to a passionate night together, these two wonder if they can build a relationship together long-distance, or if their feelings for each other will come out in the wash.
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06 Feb 2026
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Now alone together for the first time in their future inn, Ed and Stede are dizzyingly happy together. Except that they haven't had sex, and Ed can't help but wonder if Stede has stopped wanting him...
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In which two former pirates try going slow once more, until they're both ready for their second first time.
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02 Feb 2026
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if music be the food of love (then darling, you're a feast) by Fool_for_love
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
04 Feb 2023
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“Hey, so, those two, right, they get together in the end?” Ed asks.
“I would protest spoiling it, but I think it's rather obvious, isn't it?” Stede says. His nose wrinkles as he smiles. “The tension is certainly there from the beginning. It just takes them a while to get there.”
“Good. Would have been a shit story otherwise."
Former local grunge legend Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard of Blackbeard & the Krakens, has fallen on hard times. Following slanderous accusations from ex-bandmate (and ex-lover) Calico Jack, Ed is blacklisted from all his usual venues. His career is over, and, so far as he’s concerned, so is his life. He spends his days wallowing in a dingy Seattle apartment, fighting with his manager and bemoaning his loss of purpose.
Enter one Stede Bonnet, Ed’s obnoxiously loud next-door-neighbor. Stede Bonnet is an overly enthusiastic playwright who cares way too much about Shakespeare and writes like a dandy from the 18th century.
He’s the most interesting thing to happen to Ed in years.
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24 Jan 2026
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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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14 Dec 2025