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“That’s…you’re fucking with me,” Ed insists, completely shell-shocked. “That’s not the end.”
“It is,” Stede murmurs apologetically.
“That…that can’t be the end.”
“I’m sorry, Ed,” Stede says, and he really does sound sorry, which only solidifies the cold, leaden feeling in Ed’s gut. “That’s all there is. That’s the end.”
(OR: Stede tells Ed a bedtime story. Ed doesn't cope well with things ending before they're supposed to. A bittersweet final farewell to our hopes of a season 3, and a hopeful message to artists and storytellers in need of a pick-me-up. Love you xx)
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Fact #7 About Snakes: When they feel threatened, they periscope. They hide. Usually in tall grass. But then they stand upright and peek out to look for danger. They can do that for hours, if there’s something making them nervous. They tuck themselves away where they can’t be found, and peek out at the world until they feel safe again.
(OR: The crew make a pit-stop at the inn. Ed seems troubled. Archie's there for a 'talk it through' moment. Ed/Stede fluff and developing Ed & Archie being besties, with background crew shenanigans.)
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"Just for your information: if you fall asleep during coitus, my ego will never recover.”
“Ew. Never call it that,” Ed says with a grin, wrapping arms around Stede and sliding hands down the back of his shirt.
“Oh, I beg your pardon,” Stede says, pretending to be affronted but far too giggly to commit to the bit. “I believe I recall you dubbing it ‘intercourse’ once upon a time. How on earth is coitus any worse?”
Ed’s giggling, too.
“Well, yeah, but I…”
Until he’s not.
“Y-yeah, but…”
Stede’s kissing his neck, and Ed’s voice should have sputtered out from pleasure. But that’s not…that’s not the reason.
Intercourse. That’s…
What?
How does Stede…?
That…that happened in the gravy basket. Ed said that - he said that in the gravy basket.
Stede doesn’t…Stede shouldn’t…
(OR: A mislaid memory has Ed convinced he never left the basket. Stede helps him back down to earth. Angst, comfort, smut and healing x)
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Somniphobia (And Other Eleven-Letter Words) by YellowMustard
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
03 Feb 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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“When I was a child,” Stede says slowly, faraway and nostalgic. “My mother - she never really spent much time in the kitchen, of course; we had dedicated household staff that handled all the cooking, but there was one thing she used to make herself. She’d melt brown sugar until it bubbled, and it was just on this side of burnt, but not quite? And she’d pour it out and let it harden in these big sheets of transparent, amber-coloured toffee. I used to break off shards and suck it into razor-sharp points; would run around pretending I had a knife, or a prison shank. They made excellent props when playing at being a pirate.”
Stede is sort of lost in the tangent. He’s good at telling stories, even real-life ones, and Ed finds himself getting a bit lost in it, too.
“Your eyes are like that,” says Stede.
“When the sunlight gets them. Like the taste of it. Smoky and sweet,” says Stede.
“Like melty, burnt toffee. They’re so lovely, Ed,” says Stede.
These are the things that Ed collects.
(OR: Ed keeps buried treasure after all. Stede finds his secret stash. Post S2 oneshot with Big Ed feelings as he slowly comes to grips with the fact that he's VERY loved - but we already knew that)
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Wordplay by YellowMustard
Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
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Of Soup And Stuff And Stars by YellowMustard
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Very Cool (in a soft, gentle, pretty sort of way) by suchgreatheights
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
16 Sep 2022
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Upon returning, Stede had hopped up on deck nimbly, looking happy as a fucking clam—or maybe an oyster, more appropriately, because the moment he’d gotten Ed alone, he’d produced nothing other than a string of fucking pearls.
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Bookmarked by YellowMustard
18 Mar 2024
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Dear Luci,
Greetings! I am a long time reader, first time writer, and I’m hoping you can advise me on a slightly… complex problem. Let me start at the beginning.
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Lucius Spriggs has been running his online relationship advice column for a long time, but this particular situation gets a little weird.
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16 Mar 2024
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How he does it, Ed has no idea. How he sits in his blouse and breeches and his fucking stockings, back straight and voice steady. How he explains that he wants to edge Ed into oblivion with the same cadence he’d use to read a fucking shopping list.
Ed can barely breathe with how much he wants it, and somehow Stede looks completely unaffected by the sentence that just came out of his own mouth, the slight bounce of his right leg his only tell.
or: Stede has an idea. Ed's going to lose his actual mind.Bookmarked by YellowMustard
11 Mar 2024
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Does the Body Good 2: Does the Body Even Gooder by zemph147 for ghostalservice (plantainleaf)
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
11 Mar 2024
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Stede and Ed are sent on temporary sex mutiny.
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Bookmarked by YellowMustard
09 Mar 2024
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In exchange for Stede’s freedom, Ed offers himself up to the British and is sentenced to 5 years in prison. Thanks to a very intrepid mail delivery seagull, they’re able to exchange a series of increasingly stupid, silly, smutty, and romantic letters during their time apart.
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