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Hard Disciplines - Alternate Chapter 14 by Apathygrrl
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
14 Mar 2025
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An alternate version of Chapter 14 of Hard Disciplines. Ed encounters Stede after the major events in chapter 13. Angst ahoy! (Chapter 14 not published yet at the time of this writing).
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Stede Bonnet attempts to step outside his comfort zone and ask out his ridiculously handsome new coworker. Things do not go as planned.
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This story takes place after episode 10. *Spoilers*
It had been over a year since Ed’s heart died. The Kraken ruled the seas without mercy. Another pirate captain reaches out to Blackbeard with a potential business proposal. He's got some merchandise that's going to make everyone filthy rich, and he wants a partner.
The merchandise turns out to be the very last thing Blackbeard expects. -
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While healing Zelgadis, who was badly maimed during a fight, Lina realizes that the emotional pain he suffers is far worse than the physical pain. She decides to help her friend in a very unconventional way.
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The Hounds of Love by AppleTeeth, CuriosityRocks, self_induljennt
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
28 Nov 2025
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Following his return to a life of piracy, Stede is desperate to get back to Ed - so much so, he's willing to use magic offered by a dodgy man in a fetching outfit. The spell whisks him back to the Revenge, but things are odd - not least, everyone seems to want to pet him.
Can he get back with Ed when he's an adorable corgi, or will Ed use the crew's new companion as a means to finally get them to mutiny?
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01 Dec 2025
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Stede draws his attention back to the head massage, alternating pressure from the kind of bruising that’s enough to knead a migraine away, to gentle, delicate strokes through his hair. He grows almost meditative with it, forcing his eyes away from Ed’s face and simply enjoying the feeling of body heat and cool, damp-silk hair against his palms. Truthfully, he could do this for hours, rather than the usual three-to-five minutes that’s usually afforded to customers when they…
When…
It’s been longer than three-to-five minutes.
A quick glance at the clock reveals it’s been far, far longer than three-to-five minutes.
Stede doesn’t mind, obviously. And Ed doesn’t seem to be about to question it. But the snide little Lucius-like voice in the back of his mind points out that almost twenty fucking minutes is maybe a bit of an overkill.
Stede yanks his hands away from Ed’s hair like it’s covered in bleach.
“Okey-doke!” Stede manages, voice shrill and a little strangled.
From across the salon, the real Lucius snorts.
(OR: Stede's a hair stylist. Ed shows up for an appointment. And shows up. And shows up. And shows up...)
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30 Jul 2024
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No Hidden Catch, No Strings Attached by Dracothelizard for Apathygrrl
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
14 Jan 2024
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“The right words are hard,” Ed agrees, nodding as he swings his arms by his side awkwardly. “Big fan of action instead.”
“Exactly!” Jim exclaims. “You get it!” They blink a few times as they look at Ed, clearly surprised to have this moment of connection. They clear their throat and look at Stede. “So, I was thinking about how to thank you, and I discussed it with Oluwande and Archie, and we agreed that it’d be nice if I fucked you with one of my dildos.”
Stede stares at them, sure he’s misheard. “What?” he croaks.
Stede has brought back a letter about the Siete Gallos from the cursed ship instead of the suit, and Jim wants to show him their appreciation for his growth as a captain.
By fucking him.
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14 Jan 2024
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I don't know why I wrote this. I don't expect anyone to read it except for the person who wrote the original fic. This is a fanfic of another fanfic where Stede is kidnapped and brainwashed into being a sex slave and then Ed happens upon him. This universe has been living rent free in my mind since I read it and I had a few ideas for other scenes that could happen. This is canon compliant (canon to the fic) up until the second last chapter and then diverges from there. You really need to have read the other fic to understand this so I'm really narrowing my readership pool here but never mind. These scenes wouldn't leave my mind alone and I'm gonna make it AO3's problem
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17 Nov 2023
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When Ed gets stuck behind the same slow driver for a long stretch of his road trip through the Pacific Northwest, that's one thing. When he finds himself at the same rest stop as the offending driver, it's quite another.
This Stede guy is a bit of a lunatic. But when Ed crosses paths with him again several days later, this time stranded on the side of the highway and in need of some assistance, Ed winds up on a slightly different road trip than the one he'd planned to take—with a man he absolutely doesn't plan to fall in love with.
Clearly, plans change.
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13 Jun 2023