Well, well, well. Guess who fell into the new gay pirates fandom? And guess who finished OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH and was immediately like, “I gotta find some fic to read to fill the void.” Despite that I swore up and down I wasn’t going to get drawn into another new fandom, five minutes after the final episode, I was opening up AO3 and clicking away like my life depended on it.
I thought it’d just be a fun, silly show to watch in between more serious ones! Just some cute pirate antics with some nice queer rep! Sure, maybe some heavier stuff might happen, but it was ultimately a silly pirates show and I wasn’t going to have real feelin– OH NO NOW I’M HIP DEEP IN FEELINGS AND I AM MAKING IT EVERYONE ELSE’S PROBLEM WITH ME. Because if fic is going to make me cry and/or laugh through my tears, I’m not suffering that alone. So, here, read a bunch of fic with me.
OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH FIC RECS:
✦ He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by AuntieClimactic, ed/stede, NSFW, 14.4k
“Here we go again,” he heard Lucius scream over Izzy’s furious cursing.
✦ and he doesn’t mind the (ooh) by thatbug, ed/stede & cast, NSFW, 5.4k
As a curious man, Captain Stede Bonnet determines that he should learn more about the great piratical pastime of buggery. Edward Teach is surprisingly unwilling to discuss. In which it’s much harder than Stede would expect to convince Blackbeard to fuck him up the ass.
✦ do no harm, take no shit by holsmi, ed/stede & mary & cast, 2.1k
Mary Bonnet receives some uninvited guests.
✦ The Biblical Sense by Fyre, ed/stede, NSFW, 2.5k
Ed’s eyes creased around the edges. Smiling. One could always tell by them, even if his beard and moustache and everything else hid his mouth. “I know you’re a bit new to the whole… seaman thing,” he said with that rumble of amusement in his voice, “but I thought even you’d recognise a come on when you saw one.”
✦ echo your name (call it love) by treescape, ed/stede, 1.6k
Or, Stede realizes he’s maybe, possibly started calling Ed rather revealing things.
✦ Beyond Vanity by reserve, ed/stede, 2.3k
After Izzy leaves, and Stede gets patched up, Ed uses the bathtub for something other than a nervous breakdown.
✦ Hold me deep beneath your waves by makesometime, ed/stede, NSFW, 1.2k
“Would you believe…” Stede breathes, voice shaky in that way that Ed’s come to learn means he’s excited, but like, in a nervous way. “That I’ve never done… this… before?”
✦ this is not your grave, get out by morian, ed & lucius (& ed/stede & black pete/lucius), 10k
Or: Lucius survives. For better or for worse.
✦ Break down, it’s alright by rowenablade, ed/stede, NSFW, 3.2k
“Stede.” Ed’s voice breaks, dragging Stede’s eyes back up from where they’ve been staring at the floor in shame. “Please.”
✦ you reached out your hand to me by holsmi, ed/stede, 4.1k
Stede Bonnet sneaks onboard the Revenge, and sets some things right.
✦ the relationship counselor by Nanashi07, ed/stede & olu/jim & lucius, 4k
Lucius Spriggs: the unofficial – and involuntary – relationship counselor of The Revenge.
✦ peccadilloes by Badgerette, ed/stede, 2.1k
On the benefits of literary references. Now with a variation on a theme.
✦ ease one life the aching by treescape, ed/stede, 1.1k
Or, Ed’s not used to being taken care of. Stede wants to change that.
✦ separating salt from water by morian, ed/stede & cast, 6k
Or: The Revenge has been becalmed for six days. Ed has bigger things to worry about, like sharks and being in love.
✦ denial by huojuvuus, ed/stede & mary, 2.1k
(or, mary builds an unlikely friendship and maybe saves her ex-husband’s relationship in the process.)
✦ when you love it by mia_ugly, ed/stede, NSFW, 5.7k
Stede’s being kissed before the door fully clicks shut behind him.
✦ on the bed of this blue ocean by kirkaut, ed/stede, 9.6k
[Or: Ed hears about Stede’s ‘death’ and promptly falls apart.]
✦ Trick by Desdemon, ed/stede, NSFW, 4.2k
Stede teaches Ed how to play piquet.
✦ Two Captains and a Baby by triedunture, ed/stede, 9.2k
The crew of The Revenge finds a lost infant during one of their bouts of fuckery. Stede and Ed play caretaker for one night.
✦ every morning the world by treescape, ed/stede, NSFW, 1.1k
Or, breakfast in bed doesn’t go exactly as planned, but that’s okay.
✦ we were warnings by mia_ugly, ed/stede, NSFW, 13.1k
Stede comes back. Ed does too. It just takes a little longer.
✦ Never Been Sketched by Luddleston, ed/stede & lucius, 3.6k
Or: Ed poses for a portrait in the nude, and Lucius has to watch Stede go through a life-altering internal crisis, witness a frankly upsetting level of sexual tension, and deal with the most fidgety portrait subject ever. At least he gets to ogle Blackbeard while he’s at it. For the sake of art. Obviously.
✦ heartless by Nanashi07, ed/stede & izzy & frenchie & jim, 4.8k
Stede seems determined to win Edward back. It must be why he keeps “accidentally” showing up in Edward’s life.
