Chapters: 1/22
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Characters: Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Israel Hands, Prince Ricky Banes, Fang (Our Flag Means Death), Ivan (Our Flag Means Death), Mary Allamby Bonnet, Alma Bonnet, Louis Bonnet
Additional Tags: Background crew - Freeform, Background Relationships, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Stede Bonnet Is Not Human, Stede Is Amphibious, Jungle, First Meetings, Getting to Know Each Other, Falling In Love, Pining, Mutual Pining, Interspecies Relationship(s), Hurt/Comfort, Medium Angst, Fluff and Angst, mild whump, Slow Burn, First Kiss, Magic, Telepathy, Camping, Exploration, Scuba Diving, Cave diving, Stede has a pet, Autistic Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has ADHD, Antagonist Death, (Not Izzy), Cultural exchange, Worldbuilding, Soundscapes
Summary:
Stede waited for the voices to disappear back into the jungle before he let himself peer out from behind the rock he had hastily thrown himself off when he’d realised they were there.
“Oh my god,” he said to himself. “Humans!”
The others would need to know about this. Humans were bad news. Very bad news. He dove into the waterfall pool and swam as fast as his tail could push him through the water.
Edward Teach is a university professor, finally funded for his dream expedition. Along with Izzy, Fang and Ivan, he’s deep in the jungle seeking out exciting archaeological discoveries when he makes a much more surprising, and intriguing, discovery.
Stede is the Keeper of the Mother Spring, The Night Guardian, and it’s his job to keep humans away from his people. When a handsome stranger with long hair, a beard, and pictures painted into his skin turns up, will he be able to fulfil his duties?