Fics that made me call Stede-PS
Stede Whump/Fics where Stede is just having a really bad time. Bookmarks and added works are distinct from each other, so be sure to check both. Always check tags before reading because some of these maybe be triggering to certain readers.
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Missing scene immediately after Izzy concedes the duel.
“Fuck no, mate, you’re not gonna die,” Ed huffs. “It’s just some pain. I won’t let you die.” Not anymore, he thinks. What a whiplash. A handful of hours ago he was going to kill Stede himself. A bit later, after Stede had been the kindest fucking person in the world to him, Ed was still going to let his first mate kill him.
Now, he thinks he’ll slice down anyone who tries to fucking touch Stede.Series
- Part 1 of When You Go
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There was the sound of boots thumping against the deck, the click of metal on metal.
“I’ve had about enough of this.”
It was only then that they broke apart, Ed looking over his shoulder to see Izzy across the deck, his flintlock in hand.
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Stede returns to the ship. Izzy's not too happy about it.
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“Who did this?”
It’s the first thing Izzy says when he opens the door and gets a look at Stede. His face is full of anger and Stede tries his hardest not to cower and turn right back around. There’s a reason he came here. Despite the festering grudge he and Izzy have, he knows he’s safe with him.
Day 24: bloody clothes
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- Part 8 of Febuwhump 2023
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The whip cracks loudly in the stillness of the night, and it's followed almost instantly by a sharp cry of pain. Everyone whirls around, staring in shock at Stede, who had just appeared on deck and was now doubled over, face buried in his hands.
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Calico Jack strikes Stede with his whip instead of Karl.
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The first time it happens, Ed doesn’t say anything. It’s a normal day. Boring. Maybe he has a hangover, maybe it’s time to stop getting black-out drunk the night before work. But it’s been a while since he’s gotten into trouble for it. He doesn’t have as much to be angry about these days, not anymore. Depressed? Possibly. Feeling like he’s wasted his life? Oh, absolutely, that’s just a fact. He’s 45 years old and working in a dingy, dusty strip mall, living vicariously (at the moment) through a man in a $3000 bespoke suit taking a sledgehammer to a microwave.
PROMPT:
"modern au where Ed is the owner of the rage room and one day Stede comes in after a very stressful day at work, pays 40 minutes for the room, breaks things for 20 minutes and then cries for another 20 minutes" @EDWARDSSTEACH on Twitter
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Ned Lowe realises that torturing Ed via Stede is far more effective than any other method of torture would be, and that together, their pain will make for a beautiful melody.
Set during the torture scene in s2e6, but less funny.
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Stede’s side of the bed is empty, despite the Gentleman Pirate taking a bullet to the shoulder not forty-eight hours prior. He’s been unconscious since he passed out from the pain of Roach having to dig around in his shoulder for the bullet that didn’t pass through cleanly.
He passed out in Ed’s trembling arms as he bit down around the worn black leather of Ed’s belt, fighting to keep his eyes open, to remain conscious, until his body could handle no more. It took everything Ed had not to shake the man awake, terrified he would never see those hazel eyes open again.
Christ, there had been so much blood—and now there are faint traces of blood on the sheets.
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Ed wakes up to discover Stede missing from their bed after a recent injury, though he can't have gone far—right?
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- Part 7 of Loose Canons (OFMD prompt fills)
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Stede shuts down at work, but Ed knows exactly what he needs.
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- Part 3 of One shots
- Part 1 of Our Flag Means Neurodiversity
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They row back to the ship in silence.
Well. Not total silence. Stede (Stede!) is babbling away, pointing out patterns in the clouds, randomly reciting poetry, etc. Ed wants to respond- he should, really, since that would be the best way to keep Stede conscious- but he can still taste blood in his teeth, can still feel bone cracking under his fingers, can still feel the rage in his blood and heart and-
He can’t. He wants to, but he can’t.
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hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn by sherlocksdaughter for Kitxel
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
25 May 2022
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Stede’s hand reached up to clutch at Ed’s neckline, his face creasing with effort. He said Ed’s name again, and Ed wanted to drink the sound from his lips. He wanted to press his face into Stede’s and feel the warm and life and realness of him that he had deliberately denied himself the last few days and was dangerously close to losing forever.
Just days after Stede pushes himself back into Ed's life, he gets injured. Ed tries not to spiral.