My OFMD Fics- a master list!
I'm ClaireGregory on AO3, and these are my stories so far. Click the titles to go read! The following are my long fics:
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
Modern AU Complete- 59K- rated M Vibes: Archaeology/ mystery/ thriller/ heist/ romance
Salvage diver Ed Teach is no stranger to the story of Blackbeard and the Queen Anne's Revenge- after all, the famous pirate is a distant ancestor. But then Professor Stede Bonnet, maritime archaeologist and many-times-great-grandson of the original, waltzes through the door of his shop and requests his services in finding the wreck. What are the odds?
Ed's had enough of the cutthroat world of salvage diving, and he's this close to leaving it all behind. But Bonnet's quest sparks an interest he hasn't felt in years, and he agrees to help the oddly charming man. Nothing to do with the fact that the Queen Anne might just be the last treasure trove Ed needs to escape his life. Definitely nothing to do with the way Bonnet's cheerful enthusiasm makes his heart skip a beat.
Together they'll hunt for the wreck... and then they'll reckon with what comes next. ~ Here Be Monsters (sequel to Somewhere Beyond the Sea)
Post-canon fix-it/ S2 predictions Complete- 112K- rated E Vibes: hugely epic, cinematic historical adventure/ mystery/ thriller/ romance
In 1718, Ed waited all night on the dock, but Stede never showed. And then to add insult to injury, he went and died. Drowning his grief in rum and violence, Ed finds himself pursued by monsters, ghosts, and the British Navy.
Aboard Ed's own ship, Jim Jimenez is waiting for their chance for revenge against the people who've hurt their family, Ed included.
A chance meeting with an old rival at Ocracoke Island shifts the trajectory of all of their lives, and sends them hurtling back toward past hurts. Now they'll have to work together to come through the other side of the storm, and to build a new future from the wreckage of all they have been. ~ Captive of the Pirate King Canon divergence (between Ep7-8) Complete- 19K- rated M Vibes: Meta romantic comedy, hilariously silly fluff, no angst
Stede sits down to read his nightly bedtime story to the crew of the Revenge, only to discover that Lucius has saddled him with a particularly trashy novel in which a gentleman and a pirate begin a hot and heavy romance. Ed has been on board for several weeks, and everyone is sick of the slow burn and apparently ready to shove them down the path to a real romance by whatever means they can.
As Stede reads (and tries to work out who the author of the story might be), they'll bicker their way through romance tropes, story structures, and what it means to have a happy ending. And if by the end of this night Edward Teach isn't in Stede Bonnet's bed, Lucius will probably have to eat his match-making hat...
A hilariously silly meta love letter to Our Flag Means Death and the fanfic writing and reading community.
~ Synchronicity Modern AU- Olympic diving Complete- 83K words- rated E Vibes: Unhinged sex and high sports action, real love at first sight fast burn stuff.
It’s Paris in the summer of 2024, and world-famous diving champion Ed Teach is representing New Zealand in what could be his final Olympics. After coming back from an almost career-ending injury he’s focussed everything he's got on winning gold at these Games, but when he meets Stede Bonnet—a first-time diving rival representing Barbados—at the infamous free condom handout and then discovers they're roommates, he’s suddenly got a lot more to think about. As Ed’s synchronisation with his long-term diving partner Izzy Hands begins to falter and Stede struggles with his confidence, believing in each other might be the only thing that gets them both through. In between, they're going to take this brief, fated time together to connect in every possible way they can.
Synchronicity is the first part of the Love Beyond Borders series, which also includes one shots like Ordinary Magic and Rewind, Replay, and the long fic sequel Parallel Placement (in progress). Parallel Placement Modern AU- Olympic diving (Synchronicity sequel) Complete- 111K words- rated E Vibes: Living the happily ever after, pure fluff and love, but with increasing depth to their lives as they work through past hurts together.
Ed Teach, the most successful Olympic diver in the world, expected to come home to Aotearoa from the Paris 2024 Olympics with four gold medals. He didn't anticipate bringing back one more golden thing: Stede Bonnet, his competitor-turned-lover-turned-teammate. And now Stede's by Ed's side for knee surgery, a year-long recovery, and the realisation of a childhood dream- opening his own diving school and aquatic centre. Stede's finding his own place in the world after divorcing, coming out, and becoming a central figure in the wildest Olympic diving drama in history. He'll have to face up to his past to carve a new path forward, but he'll have Ed and a whole new found family by his side throughout. Together they're facing a year of change, working on themselves in parallel, toward a shared future. Along the way they'll keep building the intense physical and emotional bond that burst into life in Paris, and shifted everything for both of them.
~ Tree Change Modern AU- Kinktober/ eco-pirates Complete- 166K words- rated E Vibes: Friends-with-benefits to lovers, and a deeply unhinged effort to include at least one prompt from every day of Kinktober.
Ecologists by day, fic writers by night, fuck buddies for one month only (unless...) Ed and Stede have been colleagues and best friends for years, working as ecologists to protect the environment. But lately it's all been more box-ticking, less actual saving the world, nothing like the dashing deeds of the eco-pirate heroes of their favourite television show, Tree Change. If only they could be more like Tāne and Rupert. Their favourite characters are also lovers, and Ed and Stede have done their fair share of writing fic about them as an escape from their harder reality. Now Kinktober is coming up, and their first writing collaboration, and Stede, only out since last year, is worried about his lack of experience. Ed’s only worried about how he can make Stede see the real feelings they so clearly have for each other, so it makes tactical sense to volunteer himself as a friends-with-benefits guide. They’ve just been handed a month on a remote property, where they’ll gradually begin to unveil a cover-up worthy of the villains on the show they love. And while they work to crack that puzzle, they'll also work their way through every possible kink, and find their way to much more than friendship...
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Life Finds a Way Modern AU- Jurassic Park/ Jurassic World Complete- 95K words- rated M Vibes: Jurassic Park crossover with big dinosaur disaster chaos and plenty of pirate-related intrigue and action, too.
Palaeontologist Ed Teach is the foremost expert in his field, working on the same digs for decades. When billionaire Stede Bonnet appears at his site asking him to visit a new dinosaur theme park to give his endorsement, he doesn't know what to expect. But he needs the funding, so he reluctantly agrees.
The last thing he imagined he'd find at Jurassic Park was actual living dinosaurs. The next last thing was Stede himself, palaeobotanist and heir to the company that owns the park. He's been tasked with showing Ed around the lost world he helped to create, and winning him over.
Stede's charming, sure, and enthusiastic, and his passion for all the things Ed loves brings back a spark that's long been lost. But nothing is as it seems, and as a storm closes in and chaos descends on the island, Ed's about to discover that Stede has very different plans to his father. Then again, Ed's got different plans of his own.
First, they'll have to survive. Then, they'll have to escape. And then they can find a way for the past and the future to exist together.
Life… finds a way. Ed and Stede find their way together, too, along with the whole crew. ~ Birds of a Feather Historical AU Complete- 23K- rated M Vibes: Australian outback, 1930s, silly true history, but also a yearning, sweet, fast-burn romance built on shared trauma and trust ❤️
It's 1932, and a rogue horde of emus is sweeping through Western Australia's wheatbelt.
A military unit is called in to deal with the problem, led by Major Edward Teach, expert Lewis gunner.
Meanwhile, unconventional farmer Stede Bonnet has his own (secret) mission: to save as many of the birds as he can.
They should find themselves on opposite sides of this war, but Ed's bored out of his skull and Stede's fucking fascinating. Turns out, they've got more in common than not. Along with the eccentric crew of Stede's Revenge farm, they'll find a way to win--together. I've also podficced this one myself! ~ Lucky One Hundred
Modern AU- camboy meet-cute In progress- rated E Vibes: Funny accidental meet-cute that develops deep feelings. Fast burn love at first sight, gay awakening.
Stede Bonnet is having a day of it. He's suddenly getting divorced, he's questioning everything he thought he knew about his sexuality, and while exploring he's accidentally subscribed to the live webcam feed of popular camboy Blackbeard. In the process he's won a competition he didn't know he was entering, to get a little more up close and personal. Unhinged shenanigans ensue.
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Wonders Unknown Historical AU- Jules Verne-inspired Complete- 59K- rated M Vibes: High adventure and a slow-burn romance as Ed and Stede journey across the world, and find there's magic all around.
It’s 1872, and anthropologist Stede Bonnet has spent decades trying to prove that mermaids exist. He should know; he's only here because one saved his life as a child. Only he and Nigel Badminton know the truth of that encounter, and now new evidence has emerged, the lifelong rivals are locked in a scientific race around the world to find the long-lost location. Nigel might have the full weight of the British Navy behind him, but Stede has several secret weapons of his own. His dead father’s money, which he intends to spend disgracefully. The state-of-the-art ship he’s commissioned, the Revenge. A wildly varied crew with many talents. And the guidance of world-renowned adventurer Edward Teach, who agrees to join their mysterious expedition as soon as he meets the intrepid captain. Ed’s got secrets of his own that can’t stay beneath the surface forever. But as they voyage across the Atlantic seeking hard proof of wonders unknown, they’ll come to believe in each other most of all.
~ Come in Spinner Modern AU- Eurovision Complete- 28K- rated E Vibes: A reunion fic in a modern setting, with big mutual pining vibes after infidelity and a rough separation. But also a lot of silly Eurovision fun for contrast.
Copenhagen, 2014 Australia is trying to convince the rest of the world to let them enter Europe’s greatest song contest. Australia’s not physically in Europe, but they’re there in spirit. They’re also there in person just this one time, singing as a guest. It’s a momentous occasion, one that’s inspired the country to send two of their most familiar faces for the commentary team: legendary singers Edward Teach and Stede Bonnet, who met through watching Eurovision, but haven’t seen each other since a scandal in the 90s. What could possibly go wrong, other than… everything? Or maybe, in falling apart, it’ll all fall back together…
~ Tell Me on a Sunday Modern AU- 1980s- Piña Coladas fic Complete- 26K- rated M Vibes: Big angst, with a little hope woven in too. A fic of faeeebaeee's Piña Coladas SMAU, covering Ed's point of view through six crucial weeks of 1987.
Months of pining for his best friend has led to a charged date at an arcade, and a sleepover full of the same pain. Now one thing's becoming abundantly clear to Ed Teach: if he wants to save his heart, the only real option is to say goodbye to Stede Bonnet. So why does it feel like such an impossible thing to do? Stede's like the sun, and Ed's caught in orbit. As the universe sends him one sign after another, he fights to break the gravitational pull before it's too late for both of them.
~ Full Fathom Five Canon Era- Post-S2/ speculative S3 Complete- 150K Vibes: 101 days of innkeeping life as Ed and Stede settle into their happily ever after. Things do not, of course, go as planned, but besides a few high tension moments, this one is mostly soft and sweet. Featuring Percy the goat, a crowd of Brigands, a steadily renovated inn, and the first ever tagging of the Steakberry relationship.
Edward Teach and Stede Bonnet have just watched the crew of the Revenge sail away, leaving them to their new start as innkeepers. A daily visit to their lives in the form of tiny updates over 100 days in their world and in ours, gradually charting a course through the Season 3 we all deserved ❤️
~ The Broken Lines Historical AU- First World War era Complete- 82K Vibes: amnesia, haunting and reincarnation collide for a story that's heavy on angst, but also has a very cathartic happy ending.
In 1919, telegraph operator Stede Bonnet returns from the Great War with no memory and no voice, unable to recall what happened to break his mind. On his first night at home, he sees the translucent image of a man he knows is Ed in the mirror, except that this Ed comes from 1719. Just as Stede knows that he's lost his Ed, this Ed has lost his Stede, and neither of them knows why. Reaching out across these broken lines of connection over two centuries, they'll work together to remember the endings of their stories, and to find what they've lost.
~ Nothing Personal Modern AU- spy vs spy In progress- 8/15 chapters posted (resuming soon) Vibes: deeply chaotic and angsty in places as spies Archie and Ed, who are also fuck-buddies, have their lives tipped upside down by mark Stede, who decides to become a spy himself.
Undercover agent Ed Teach is on his usual mission: get the guy. Get the info. Get out. This time he’ll take down the Bonnet Corporation, easy peasy, pudding and fucking pie. But he didn’t bank on Stede Bonnet being insane enough to hand over the company’s secrets willingly, and then to track Ed back to his place to make himself the biggest complication ever. Stede’s been treading water for years, and letting himself be seduced by the spy he was warned to expect is the first time in a long time that he’s really felt alive. He wants the kind of life Ed has. He wants Ed. And he’ll stop at nothing to make that happen, even if it means torching his whole life to begin again. Archie's been Ed's partner for years, both as professionals, and as friends with benefits. It's nothing more than that. It's not. But then Stede Bonnet arrives in their lives to pull Ed away, and suddenly she's seeing everything through new eyes. Archie wants to be more than an afterthought, and sometimes you've got to play dirty to get what you want. In her experience, that's just how it goes. It's just life. It's nothing personal... until it is.
~ I also have a few dozen more stories, including some shorter multi-chapter words, collaborations and one-shots across a wide range of subjects, all on AO3.
You can find a full list here in my Fic Directory! Featuring a handy dandy visual of the different vibes for each story (currently under renovation, not all vibes listed).
