The OFMD Trucker AU by Harley_Quinn09876 [E], 85k
Stede Bonnet is getting divorced, which is actually a very good thing, but quite honestly he has no idea what to do with himself, he doesn't know what he wants, or what he likes... So on a whim, he abandons his life and heads out on a directionless road trip that is partly an escape, and partly an attempt at self discovery.
One stormy night, one car accident, and subsequent rescue by a dashing trucker later, Stede is starting to get an idea of what, or at least who, he really rather likes.
Or, that OFMD Modern Trucker AU that no one asked for but that I COULD NOT get out of my head
Water Flowing Underground by @gaypiratebrainrot [E], 22k
Actors and long-time friends Stede Bonnet and Edward Teach shoot the second season of their television show about the historical Gentleman Pirate Rhys Darby and Taika "Blackbeard" Waititi. Things do not go as planned.
kissing is what lovers do (and we're not lovers) by @afterism [E]
A vaguely canon-compliant friends-with-benefits scenario where they've been having sex since episode five but still don't kiss until episode nine, because they're both idiots who don't talk it through as a crew.
An Extremely Fun, Memorable, Deeply Cool Adventure by @ofmd-alsaurus [E]
Edward might be the one with the experience, but Stede is the one with the imagination.
OR
Stede invents cocksucking. Ed is scandalized and intrigued.
your name like a boat by @mia-ugly and @soft-october-night [E], 39k canon setting plus soulmarks
Sailors call them watermarks. A gift from the sea, a name or symbol written on your chest, meant to guide you to your own true love.
But Stede Bonnet's mark doesn't look like anything at all. Not really. And it certainly doesn't look like 'Edward' or 'Teach' or 'Blackbeard' or a black beard and that's fine. Completely fine.
Ed's absolutely fine with it.
Transformative Work by @mia-ugly and @pinehutch [E], 41k
"I heard youāre a writer,ā Blackbeard says.
Thereās a sudden rustling sound as Blackbeard kicks something across the floor. Frenchie bends down to retrieve it, and sees that itās a notebook. Wide and empty, like that one Lucius used to carry around with him.
āWrite us a better ending then.ā
(Captain Blackbeard has heard about Frenchieās ābit of fanfiction.ā He asks him to write a better ending for his and Stedeās story. Frenchie tries his best but soon other people want to tell the story the way it should have gone, including Fang, Lucius, Ivan, Jim, and ultimately Ed. In the act of surviving and telling stories together, relationships are considered, examined, and developed. Meanwhile, a ship trailing seagulls grows closer and closer on the horizon.)
weather the storm by @one-more-page [E], 10k timeloop
Ed wakes up on the day Stede comes back over and over and over again.
somewhere in time by @one-more-page [M], 16k canon vibes and AU vibes
Stede goes overboard during a storm and watches his life with Ed in a dozen different timelines.
#gentlebeard is trending! by regional_catastrophe [T], 41k
In which Stede accidentally convinces the pirating world that Gentlebeard (or Blackbonnet or Stedward; there's a poll) is canon, reunites his crew, and gets his boyfriend back.
i'm yours, you know by @andillwriteyouatragedy [T], 9k
stede saves his crew, draws a duel, and reunites with the love of his life, though he's certain he's going to die every step of the way.
our blood is thicker than storms and saltwater by @andillwriteyouatragedy [M], 11k
"No!ā Ed screams instinctively. He doesnāt know whatās happened, but he knows heās heard a gunshot, and he knows Stedeās hands are slipping out of his, and he knows, a second later, that Stedeās let go of the railing to fall into the sea below.
Somebody grabs onto Edās shoulder, but he wrenches them off of him without a second thought. He wrestles his boots off, then his weapons, but he doesnāt care to tear off anything elseā there isnāt time for it, not now, not whenā
āCaptain, donāt!ā Frenchie shouts behind him.
Ed ignores him. The Revenge doesnāt have a captain if Stede Bonnetās not on board.
Bones Adrift by Skrifores [E], 42k
The Revenge spots a drifting, seemingly abandoned ship. Is it haunted, overrun by demons, or full of vampire-mermaids? Probably none of the above, Ed and Stede think, though some of the crew have different ideas. There does seem to be something wrong about that ship though. It warrants some investigation.
This is a ghost story/horror genre (not too scary) multi-chapter story set in the wonderful Co-Captains time before everything went to hell.
Changing Tides by annabagnell and songlin [E], 37k
Stede Bonnet proudly took credit for every pound his lover gained. He was more right than he knew.
Stede Bonnet's Guide to Sexual Failure (and How to Overcome It) by @thetardigrape [E], 6k
Ed and Stede haven't fucked, but not for lack of trying.
aka
5 times Ed and Stede didn't manage to fuck, and 1 time they did.
In Favor with Their Stars by @mxmollusca [M], 62k
Ed is an engineer aboard the Revenge, an interplanetary research vessel on a multi-year mission to study Jupiter's moon Europa. An accident requires that Ed awaken from cryostasis over six months early, and finds his only companion to be Stede, the ship's onboard AI. They develop an unconventional friendship, but is it possible to have more?
This is classic mutual pining with a sci-fi twist, inspired by all of my favorite stories about the nature of personhood.
one little room an everywhere by @stedebonntits [T], 18k
Instead of running off to sea, Stede runs off to become a lighthouse keeper.
It's uneventful, repetitive, and strangely soothing.
Until the storm. Until Stede finds the man shipwrecked on the rocks below. Maybe it's what they both needed.
Down Where It's Wetter and Darling It's Better (WAS (Wet Ass Squssy)) by @zombee and @ghostalservice [E], 24k
When Ed hears Izzy's caught something strange in his net, he expects maybe a two-headed swordfish or a weird duck. But what he's found seems a little too human for Ed's taste.
A Free Willy/Shape of Water/Little Mermaid/Tentacle AU.
your name like a boat by @mia-ugly and @soft-october-night [E], 39k
Sailors call them watermarks. A gift from the sea, a name or symbol written on your chest, meant to guide you to your own true love.
But Stede Bonnet's mark doesn't look like anything at all. Not really. And it certainly doesn't look like 'Edward' or 'Teach' or 'Blackbeard' or a black beard and that's fine. Completely fine.
Ed's absolutely fine with it.
if you get the time, the number is still mine by @one-more-page [M], 25k
A series of phone calls as Stede and Ed go from childhood friends, to adults who can't connect, to something more.
