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  1. Public Bookmark 31

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    Stede turns once to wave on the stairs—then glances back again, red-faced, when he stumbles on the next step.

    Ed waits until he hears the door upstairs open and close before going inside the apartment, in a bit of a daze.

    His gaze falls on the kitchen clock: it’s only noon. He still needs to take the clothes out of the washing machine.

    “What the fuck,” he whispers.

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    Stede moves into the apartment upstairs; Ed finds a home.

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    12 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 22

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    Ed can read the writing on the wall.
    He's been at this long enough that he sees the changes, recognizes how much more effort it takes now to ambush a merchant ship, sees how much harder the crews fight back, is always scanning the horizon for the English or Spanish armadas because their numbers are either growing or they're getting better or both. At first he thinks it's because they aren't flying the Blackbeard flag anymore, no automatic surrender like he's used to, but when they make port he hears the whispers, who's been caught and who's escaped, and Ed recognizes names. A lot of names. Pirates that he's known, good and bad, dead by the English, bodies swaying in the winds where they've been hanged and then hung as a warning. Stories of all kinds that end in this same way.
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    As the Age of Piracy draws to a close, Ed convinces Stede to retire. Well, on a trial basis, at least.
    Sequel to everything broken gets put back together again.

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    10 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 47

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    Nana said it was a blessing–to hold infinity in the palm of your hand–they did not know how terrifying it is to roam the Earth alone.

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    16 May 2026

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    Izzy is always the first one to arrive at the pub, signing off on shipments and taking stock, and if Edward shows up it will be just before last call, when Izzy is dead on his feet and can’t say no to a single thing. Truthfully, though, he rarely can.

    Every day starts and ends exactly the same way, until a particularly chatty history professor begins sharing his morning commute.

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    05 May 2026

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    The Widow Mary Bonnet has a life, and Stede Bonnet isn't part of it. They agreed. There was a leopard and everything.

    Then again, Stede has a talent for disrupting plans—for instance, by turning up on your doorstep in the dead of night with a bleeding pirate who turns out to be his beloved Ed.

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    10 Apr 2026