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When a gentleman boards Ed’s ship and, with impressive audacity, asks to interview the legendary Blackbeard for a book, Ed agrees for his own amusement. But Stede's careful questions and perceptive eyes leave Ed questioning what he truly wants from life.
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22 Mar 2026
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“When I was a child,” Stede says slowly, faraway and nostalgic. “My mother - she never really spent much time in the kitchen, of course; we had dedicated household staff that handled all the cooking, but there was one thing she used to make herself. She’d melt brown sugar until it bubbled, and it was just on this side of burnt, but not quite? And she’d pour it out and let it harden in these big sheets of transparent, amber-coloured toffee. I used to break off shards and suck it into razor-sharp points; would run around pretending I had a knife, or a prison shank. They made excellent props when playing at being a pirate.”
Stede is sort of lost in the tangent. He’s good at telling stories, even real-life ones, and Ed finds himself getting a bit lost in it, too.
“Your eyes are like that,” says Stede.
“When the sunlight gets them. Like the taste of it. Smoky and sweet,” says Stede.
“Like melty, burnt toffee. They’re so lovely, Ed,” says Stede.
These are the things that Ed collects.
(OR: Ed keeps buried treasure after all. Stede finds his secret stash. Post S2 oneshot with Big Ed feelings as he slowly comes to grips with the fact that he's VERY loved - but we already knew that)
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- Part 1 of Ornithology
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30 Dec 2025
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To love requires change.
(And birds.)
(And flowerpots.)
(And witches.)
(And more trips to B&Q than you’d ideally like to make in a week, but it’s fine. No really, it’s absolutely fine.)
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06 Dec 2025
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Ed stops a golden-haired stranger from walking into the sea. Little does he know that this chance encounter will change his life, and the life of the stranger, forever.
Written for the JanuAUry 'Beach' prompt.
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22 Nov 2025
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The coastal city of Warden Port is a thriving hotspot of pirate tourism, rumoured to be the death place of Blackbeard himself three hundred years ago. Legends say that as he was struck down by the heroic Prince Banes he cursed the town, vowing to one day return and swallow it whole in revenge.
Some say Blackbeard is searching for his decapitated head. Others claim he won’t rest until the city is freed from colonial rule. But when Mayor Ricky Banes unveils a statue of his ancestor defeating the notorious pirate, it sets the curse into motion and plunges the city into supernatural chaos, giving everyone a chance to find out exactly what Blackbeard is after. Guided by past life memories and half remembered dreams, historic folklore expert Stede and his friends must try and stop the curse and expose what really happened that fateful night–before it’s too late.
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30 Oct 2025