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“You get it, don’t you?”
“Yes,” Stede said, reflexively. “I think I do.”
Ed looked pleased at that. “I think you do too.”
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Ed and Stede crash into one another, literally and figuratively. Things get worse (and better) from there.
Lawyer!Stede/Businessman!Ed AU, unbetaed.
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22 Feb 2026
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"Hey Iz. Got offered another job so won't be coming back. Cheers."
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What if Ed went to meet Stede when the Revenge ran aground? Canon AU.
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22 Feb 2026
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Stede needs a place to call home, Ed needs a reason to get up in the morning. They both need a fresh start.
Welcome to Clerkenwell.
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A modern AU romcom about trauma and healing. Unbetaed.
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22 Feb 2026
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“Oh, man. Did you… did you ask the sea for its gift while you were actually on the sea? …Mate.” The creature took a step toward Stede, then another, until Stede was backed up fully against the desk. “You didn’t read anything in the book but the spell, did you?”
“I - I don’t know what you’re talking about?” Stede squeaked, leaving dignity fully behind him. No wonder his apprentice had threatened so many times to leave him.
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In which Stede is not a very good sorcerer, and Ed is the sea demon whose summoning he didn't get quite right.
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- Part 1 of Sea Demons & Ghost Ships
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If there’s a truism in his profession, it’s that fear is a better bet than love. A man fears you, you both know where you stand. Love, though, love’s a right fucker. Steals your footing out from under you, leaves you dizzy and useless as a green-arsed cabin boy on his first day at sea. But he doesn’t want to be thinking about this tonight. That’s why he’s drinking.
(Four months later, Ed's on a bender in Nassau when Stede finally tracks him down.)