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“Between a Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” by Winter_of_our_Discontent
Collaborative podfic with @fake_geek_boy (https://on.soundcloud.com/jnWQ2)
Rated: Teen and Up
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 

Hello there Edward!

Ed dropped the skull. It bounced against the toe of his boot and then rolled awkwardly under his chair.

“The fuck?” Ed spun around, glaring in every direction as he tried to figure out where the voice was coming from. Was there someone hiding in his cabin? A crewmember? An enemy? “Who the fuck are you? Are you the skull?”

Well, the voice said primly, as though sitting down for story time. Remember that ship you raided last month?

Original fic found here: 
https://archiveofourown.org/works/49015480

Author’s Tags: 
Pre-Slash, Meet cursed, Still-a-pirate Blackbeard, Demonic Possession, Demon Stede Bonnet, Canon Era, Surprisingly fluffy given those tags


“Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” by George Harrison. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/2b1UmoYCPZw66nl8mJZtOP?si=11642e6e4c5648bc

“Between a Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” by Winter_of_our_Discontent (OFMD) ft. fake_geek_boy

Podfic of oatmilktruther's  "Anything We Want"

find oatmilktruther here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48786949

find SD_Ryan here: archiveofourown.org/users/SD_Ryan

[podfic] Anything We Want

“cross your heart and make it mine” by second_hand_heaven (OFMD)
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands, Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands
Fic Summary: 
“I’ve just been admiring your tattoos,” Bonnet admits, “especially this one. X marks the spot," he jokes, his thumb brushing the small tattoo just beneath his eye. Bonnet leans in, then, presses a chaste kiss to the same spot.
Izzy stops breathing, if only for a second."

In which Izzy enjoys a soft morning with Stede.

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38243179
Author’s Tags: 
Tattoos, Body Worship, Polyamory, Background Poly, Hand Jobs, Frottage, Morning Sex, Possessive Behavior, Izzy's little cross tattoo beneath his left eye, deserves all the love and attention, Ed's mentioned but he's otherwise occupied, he's part of the ship tho don't fret, Post-Coital Cuddling, Scars

The Intro/Outro is “Cross My Heart Acoustic” by Marianas Trench. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/3CyE8NGB5AyilM9MtJxpsA?si=4a0b438c84814d1b

“cross your heart and make it mine” by second_hand_heaven (OFMD)

“etch your kiss beneath my skin” by second_hand_heaven
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s):  Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands, Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands, Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Israel Hands
Fic Summary: 
"Are you sure you want me here for this?" Ed asks Izzy.
"But of course," Bonnet answers for him. "I need someone to hold him down."
Izzy stops breathing, if only for a second.

Sequel to 'cross your heart and make it mine'

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38764707

Author’s Tags: 
Tattoos, Polyamory, Painplay, Light BDSM, Frottage, Coming In Pants, Coming Untouched, Restraints, In a way, Held Down, Threesome - M/M/M, Dirty Talk, Praise Kink, Submission, Subspace, Kinda, Izzy's little cross tattoo beneath his left eye, Possessive Behavior

The Intro/Outro is “Tattooed Heart” by 3oh!3. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/3JBv6gBsuhP2xRLrxnjgr5?si=3cfc01f012f34597

“etch your kiss beneath my skin” by second_hand_heaven

“Man For Sale, Fabulous Booty” by Auntea
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
Ed secretly follows Stede through the Republic of Pirates in hopes of getting Stede alone and making a confession. Stede has other goals in mind for this outing, including getting off by an anonymous stranger through a glory hole in a seedy bar. Ed can't have that.

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39671283

Author’s Tags:
Glory Hole, republic of pirates, Love Confessions, Unrequited Love, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Service Submission, blink and you miss it - Freeform, Blackbeard | Edward Teach's Knee Brace, Blow Jobs, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Maybe A Little Plot, First Time


The Intro/Outro is “Devils & Rebels” by Shayfer James. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/1MXJP7XSJxzTXWuf1QRRoA?si=bf9ffbb4c98341ac

“Man For Sale, Fabulous Booty” by Auntea (OFMD)

“The Perverted Pirate (formerly The Gentleman Pirate)” by Auntea
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
This is for Ed and his neck, not for Stede and his demure fantasies of kissing Ed’s collar bone and cuddling his relaxed frame to sleep on a bed of pillows and silk. No, Stede needs to focus, keep in control. He’s not going to blunder this simple request.

Which is the thought Stede chokes when he enters the room and sees his client.

In the lamplight, Ed relaxes in a casual stretch across the pillowy bed, stomach down. A bare casual stretch. Without clothes. Naked. The corner of a sheet is all that covers his bum, every other inked and scarred expanse of skin on full display.

OR

Stede offers to massage Ed and Ed toys with him a smidgen.

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41733174
Author’s Tags: 
Massage, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Needs a Hug, Bottom Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Top Stede Bonnet, Canon Disabled Character, First Time, Or at least he thinks it's the first time…, Nipple Piercings, Tattoos, Love Confessions, First Kiss, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Smut, Porn with Feelings, Humor


The Intro/Outro is “First Date” by Shayfer James. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/4Y4Yv5lcjXHnkdl9OSKqDp?si=69a8a6c538864c13

“The Perverted Pirate (formerly The Gentleman Pirate)” by Auntea (OFMD)

"if stede is not mistaken" by knotwerk (OFMD)
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Blackbeard|Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
Stede didn't know that he knew. what if he found out.
and what if it were lovely.
canon divergent, directly following S1 ep5 you wear fine things well

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50526568
Author’s Tags: 
post-S1 ep 5, hair unpinning trope my beloved, First Time, Kissing, Undressing, Frottage, Stede speed-runs being gay, Autistic Stede Bonnet, stupid puppet pulled it off

The Intro/Outro is “Honey" by The Lone Bellow. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/1ALH9oRd8FqjfsSH0d8Ft4?si=44da14e0e7814ed0

"if stede is not mistaken" by knotwerk (OFMD)

“on some level i think i always understood that a ship could never really love an anchor” by notebooksandlaptops
Rated: Teen and up
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands, Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands, Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Israel Hands

Fic Summary:
Stede has never been in a loving relationship before. His fight or flight reflex is all 'flight' and he assumes that a big argument has ended everything. Ed and Izzy reassure him.

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40262622

Author’s Tags:
Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Stede has never done this before, (this being a loving relationship with people who genuinely care about him), Stede fight or flight reflect is pure flight, Polyamory, Stede Bonnet Needs a Hug, (it's okay he gets one because the next tag is), Cuddling & Snuggling, Misunderstandings, Israel Hands Needs a Hug, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Needs a Hug, everyone needs a hug guys, Stede Bonnet Has Issues, Everyone Has Issues, they're working through it though, Love Confessions


The Intro/Outro is “Never Love an Anchor” by The Crane Wives. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/0RPD5sbsSLnKWYOJ5iPPMm?si=5341856f27ee4c89

“on some level i think i always understood that a ship could never really love an anchor” (OFMD)

This is the intro for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): 
Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
"What was coming, he still couldn’t mark beyond the word “trouble” lit up in gold when it came rolling in over the east field that late May before the first licks of the summer he turned 19.
Trouble rolling over the hill and right up to Ed.
Trouble pulling his stetson, loose around his ears like it wasn’t quite fit to him, from his head, down to his chest. Trouble tilting his head to Ed, like Ed was a fine lady, like Ed was anything but a ranch hand perched on a borrowed horse. Trouble asking, soft and sturdy as fresh wheat bread, 'how do you do'?"

This is a complete 1880s-1890s cowboy AU clocking in just under 46k that will update weekly as we work through beta'ing each chapter. This is about finding yourself, finding your home, and finding the person you want to share both with. This is about doubts we have in ourselves and how they poison the rest of our judgments. This is about Edward Teach in leather chaps being the most fuckable rider this side of the Mississippi. This is about how one man can hear one Orville Peck song and turn it into 46k words with absolutely no restraint.

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51218605
The Intro/Outro is “Kalahari Down” by Orville Peck. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/29VSdjZG2XZCHzKwgjvsER?si=d7ebd453f57348d3

Author’s Tags: 
alternate universe - cowboys, Cowboy AU, Neither of those tags are canon so whatever sticks, Angst with a Happy Ending, Time Skips, Epistolary Elements, 1880s, 1890s, Rough (emotionally) sex, Reunions, Offscreen Animal Death, Offscreen animal pregnancy/birthing, Breaking Up & Making Up, Implied Period Typical Homophobia, Ed's hatred of steam locomotives, offscreen minor character death, First Kiss, Ed and Stede start the story at age 18 and are in their mid 30s by the end, Stede's love of steam locomotives, First Love, Getting Together, Implied/Referenced Gun Violence, Ed's ambiguous country accent, Baking cornbread as a love language, Bareback bronc riding as actual bareback bronc riding, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, this fic deals with heavy themes but there are many moments of light and joy and love and sex, and a happy ending chapter so good it made my beta cry four times, specific content warnings in each chapter's notes, Ed POV

Intro for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther (OFMD)

This is Chapter 1 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
"What was coming, he still couldn’t mark beyond the word “trouble” lit up in gold when it came rolling in over the east field that late May before the first licks of the summer he turned 19.
Trouble rolling over the hill and right up to Ed.
Trouble pulling his stetson, loose around his ears like it wasn’t quite fit to him, from his head, down to his chest. Trouble tilting his head to Ed, like Ed was a fine lady, like Ed was anything but a ranch hand perched on a borrowed horse. Trouble asking, soft and sturdy as fresh wheat bread, 'how do you do'?"

This is a complete 1880s-1890s cowboy AU clocking in just under 46k that will update weekly as we work through beta'ing each chapter. This is about finding yourself, finding your home, and finding the person you want to share both with. This is about doubts we have in ourselves and how they poison the rest of our judgments. This is about Edward Teach in leather chaps being the most fuckable rider this side of the Mississippi. This is about how one man can hear one Orville Peck song and turn it into 46k words with absolutely no restraint.

Chapter Summary: I knew that I’d lose you the moment we met

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51218605

The Intro/Outro is “Kalahari Down” by Orville Peck. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/29VSdjZG2XZCHzKwgjvsER?si=d7ebd453f57348d3

Author’s Tags:
alternate universe - cowboys, Cowboy AU, Neither of those tags are canon so whatever sticks, Angst with a Happy Ending, Time Skips, Epistolary Elements, 1880s, 1890s, Rough (emotionally) sex, Reunions, Offscreen Animal Death, Offscreen animal pregnancy/birthing, Breaking Up & Making Up, Implied Period Typical Homophobia, Ed's hatred of steam locomotives, offscreen minor character death, First Kiss, Ed and Stede start the story at age 18 and are in their mid 30s by the end, Stede's love of steam locomotives, First Love, Getting Together, Implied/Referenced Gun Violence, Ed's ambiguous country accent, Baking cornbread as a love language, Bareback bronc riding as actual bareback bronc riding, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, this fic deals with heavy themes but there are many moments of light and joy and love and sex, and a happy ending chapter so good it made my beta cry four times, specific content warnings in each chapter's notes, Ed POV

Chapter 1 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther (OFMD)

“Half-Light” by oatmilktruther
Rated: Teen and Up
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: Stede had quite a lot of practice not doing things.
Take now, for instance.
Studiously practicing not closely watching Ed’s graceful fingers pinch at tobacco, place it carefully in the crook of paper, and deftly roll a cigarette, practicing not watching his tongue dart out along the seam of paper to seal it, watching him strike a match against the stone he sits on, bring the light to his smoke, inhale, puff.

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51442063
Author’s Tags:
Cowboy AU, not that it's particularly relevant, 1880s, Homoerotic Shotgunning, Pre-Relationship, Pining, POV Stede Bonnet, Oh I forgot to say they’re like 19 here

This is part of the Bronco Series and takes place sometime around Chapter 2 of Kalahari Down.

The Intro/Outro is “Half-Light-Acoustic” by Rostam. You can find it here:https://open.spotify.com/track/0gbLg7ttdgM1TzyXI0Bm9M?si=28c29c13d4304e30

“Half-Light” by oatmilktruther (OFMD)

This is Chapter 2 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
"What was coming, he still couldn’t mark beyond the word “trouble” lit up in gold when it came rolling in over the east field that late May before the first licks of the summer he turned 19.
Trouble rolling over the hill and right up to Ed.
Trouble pulling his stetson, loose around his ears like it wasn’t quite fit to him, from his head, down to his chest. Trouble tilting his head to Ed, like Ed was a fine lady, like Ed was anything but a ranch hand perched on a borrowed horse. Trouble asking, soft and sturdy as fresh wheat bread, 'how do you do'?"

This is a complete 1880s-1890s cowboy AU clocking in just under 46k that will update weekly as we work through beta'ing each chapter. This is about finding yourself, finding your home, and finding the person you want to share both with. This is about doubts we have in ourselves and how they poison the rest of our judgments. This is about Edward Teach in leather chaps being the most fuckable rider this side of the Mississippi. This is about how one man can hear one Orville Peck song and turn it into 46k words with absolutely no restraint.

Chapter Summary: Passing up a fight, you’re gonna lose in the end

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51218605

The Intro/Outro is “Kalahari Down” by Orville Peck. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/29VSdjZG2XZCHzKwgjvsER?si=d7ebd453f57348d3

Author’s Tags:
alternate universe - cowboys, Cowboy AU, Neither of those tags are canon so whatever sticks, Angst with a Happy Ending, Time Skips, Epistolary Elements, 1880s, 1890s, Rough (emotionally) sex, Reunions, Offscreen Animal Death, Offscreen animal pregnancy/birthing, Breaking Up & Making Up, Implied Period Typical Homophobia, Ed's hatred of steam locomotives, offscreen minor character death, First Kiss, Ed and Stede start the story at age 18 and are in their mid 30s by the end, Stede's love of steam locomotives, First Love, Getting Together, Implied/Referenced Gun Violence, Ed's ambiguous country accent, Baking cornbread as a love language, Bareback bronc riding as actual bareback bronc riding, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, this fic deals with heavy themes but there are many moments of light and joy and love and sex, and a happy ending chapter so good it made my beta cry four times, specific content warnings in each chapter's notes, Ed POV

Chapter 2 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther (OFMD)

This is Chapter 3 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
"What was coming, he still couldn’t mark beyond the word “trouble” lit up in gold when it came rolling in over the east field that late May before the first licks of the summer he turned 19.
Trouble rolling over the hill and right up to Ed.
Trouble pulling his stetson, loose around his ears like it wasn’t quite fit to him, from his head, down to his chest. Trouble tilting his head to Ed, like Ed was a fine lady, like Ed was anything but a ranch hand perched on a borrowed horse. Trouble asking, soft and sturdy as fresh wheat bread, 'how do you do'?"

This is a complete 1880s-1890s cowboy AU clocking in just under 46k that will update weekly as we work through beta'ing each chapter. This is about finding yourself, finding your home, and finding the person you want to share both with. This is about doubts we have in ourselves and how they poison the rest of our judgments. This is about Edward Teach in leather chaps being the most fuckable rider this side of the Mississippi. This is about how one man can hear one Orville Peck song and turn it into 46k words with absolutely no restraint.

Chapter Summary: I saw love in your eyes / But I didn’t know how to begin

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51218605

The Intro/Outro is “Kalahari Down” by Orville Peck. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/29VSdjZG2XZCHzKwgjvsER?si=d7ebd453f57348d3

Author’s Tags:
alternate universe - cowboys, Cowboy AU, Neither of those tags are canon so whatever sticks, Angst with a Happy Ending, Time Skips, Epistolary Elements, 1880s, 1890s, Rough (emotionally) sex, Reunions, Offscreen Animal Death, Offscreen animal pregnancy/birthing, Breaking Up & Making Up, Implied Period Typical Homophobia, Ed's hatred of steam locomotives, offscreen minor character death, First Kiss, Ed and Stede start the story at age 18 and are in their mid 30s by the end, Stede's love of steam locomotives, First Love, Getting Together, Implied/Referenced Gun Violence, Ed's ambiguous country accent, Baking cornbread as a love language, Bareback bronc riding as actual bareback bronc riding, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, this fic deals with heavy themes but there are many moments of light and joy and love and sex, and a happy ending chapter so good it made my beta cry four times, specific content warnings in each chapter's notes, Ed POV

Chapter 3 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther (OFMD)

This is Chapter 4 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
"What was coming, he still couldn’t mark beyond the word “trouble” lit up in gold when it came rolling in over the east field that late May before the first licks of the summer he turned 19.
Trouble rolling over the hill and right up to Ed.
Trouble pulling his stetson, loose around his ears like it wasn’t quite fit to him, from his head, down to his chest. Trouble tilting his head to Ed, like Ed was a fine lady, like Ed was anything but a ranch hand perched on a borrowed horse. Trouble asking, soft and sturdy as fresh wheat bread, 'how do you do'?"

This is a complete 1880s-1890s cowboy AU clocking in just under 46k that will update weekly as we work through beta'ing each chapter. This is about finding yourself, finding your home, and finding the person you want to share both with. This is about doubts we have in ourselves and how they poison the rest of our judgments. This is about Edward Teach in leather chaps being the most fuckable rider this side of the Mississippi. This is about how one man can hear one Orville Peck song and turn it into 46k words with absolutely no restraint.

Chapter Summary: And I hate to say I spent it all on masquerades

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51218605

The Intro/Outro is “Kalahari Down” by Orville Peck. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/29VSdjZG2XZCHzKwgjvsER?si=d7ebd453f57348d3

Author’s Tags:
alternate universe - cowboys, Cowboy AU, Neither of those tags are canon so whatever sticks, Angst with a Happy Ending, Time Skips, Epistolary Elements, 1880s, 1890s, Rough (emotionally) sex, Reunions, Offscreen Animal Death, Offscreen animal pregnancy/birthing, Breaking Up & Making Up, Implied Period Typical Homophobia, Ed's hatred of steam locomotives, offscreen minor character death, First Kiss, Ed and Stede start the story at age 18 and are in their mid 30s by the end, Stede's love of steam locomotives, First Love, Getting Together, Implied/Referenced Gun Violence, Ed's ambiguous country accent, Baking cornbread as a love language, Bareback bronc riding as actual bareback bronc riding, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, this fic deals with heavy themes but there are many moments of light and joy and love and sex, and a happy ending chapter so good it made my beta cry four times, specific content warnings in each chapter's notes, Ed POV

Chapter 4 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther (OFMD)

This is Chapter 5 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
"What was coming, he still couldn’t mark beyond the word “trouble” lit up in gold when it came rolling in over the east field that late May before the first licks of the summer he turned 19.
Trouble rolling over the hill and right up to Ed.
Trouble pulling his stetson, loose around his ears like it wasn’t quite fit to him, from his head, down to his chest. Trouble tilting his head to Ed, like Ed was a fine lady, like Ed was anything but a ranch hand perched on a borrowed horse. Trouble asking, soft and sturdy as fresh wheat bread, 'how do you do'?"

This is a complete 1880s-1890s cowboy AU clocking in just under 46k that will update weekly as we work through beta'ing each chapter. This is about finding yourself, finding your home, and finding the person you want to share both with. This is about doubts we have in ourselves and how they poison the rest of our judgments. This is about Edward Teach in leather chaps being the most fuckable rider this side of the Mississippi. This is about how one man can hear one Orville Peck song and turn it into 46k words with absolutely no restraint.

Chapter Summary: I don’t want you to be afraid / Let me see you cry

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51218605

The Intro/Outro is “Kalahari Down” by Orville Peck. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/29VSdjZG2XZCHzKwgjvsER?si=d7ebd453f57348d3

Author’s Tags:
alternate universe - cowboys, Cowboy AU, Neither of those tags are canon so whatever sticks, Angst with a Happy Ending, Time Skips, Epistolary Elements, 1880s, 1890s, Rough (emotionally) sex, Reunions, Offscreen Animal Death, Offscreen animal pregnancy/birthing, Breaking Up & Making Up, Implied Period Typical Homophobia, Ed's hatred of steam locomotives, offscreen minor character death, First Kiss, Ed and Stede start the story at age 18 and are in their mid 30s by the end, Stede's love of steam locomotives, First Love, Getting Together, Implied/Referenced Gun Violence, Ed's ambiguous country accent, Baking cornbread as a love language, Bareback bronc riding as actual bareback bronc riding, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, this fic deals with heavy themes but there are many moments of light and joy and love and sex, and a happy ending chapter so good it made my beta cry four times, specific content warnings in each chapter's notes, Ed POV

Chapter 5 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther (OFMD)

This is Chapter 6 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
"What was coming, he still couldn’t mark beyond the word “trouble” lit up in gold when it came rolling in over the east field that late May before the first licks of the summer he turned 19.
Trouble rolling over the hill and right up to Ed.
Trouble pulling his stetson, loose around his ears like it wasn’t quite fit to him, from his head, down to his chest. Trouble tilting his head to Ed, like Ed was a fine lady, like Ed was anything but a ranch hand perched on a borrowed horse. Trouble asking, soft and sturdy as fresh wheat bread, 'how do you do'?"

This is a complete 1880s-1890s cowboy AU clocking in just under 46k that will update weekly as we work through beta'ing each chapter. This is about finding yourself, finding your home, and finding the person you want to share both with. This is about doubts we have in ourselves and how they poison the rest of our judgments. This is about Edward Teach in leather chaps being the most fuckable rider this side of the Mississippi. This is about how one man can hear one Orville Peck song and turn it into 46k words with absolutely no restraint.

Chapter Summary: [insert chapter summary if applicable]

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51218605

The Intro/Outro is “Kalahari Down” by Orville Peck. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/29VSdjZG2XZCHzKwgjvsER?si=d7ebd453f57348d3

Author’s Tags:
alternate universe - cowboys, Cowboy AU, Neither of those tags are canon so whatever sticks, Angst with a Happy Ending, Time Skips, Epistolary Elements, 1880s, 1890s, Rough (emotionally) sex, Reunions, Offscreen Animal Death, Offscreen animal pregnancy/birthing, Breaking Up & Making Up, Implied Period Typical Homophobia, Ed's hatred of steam locomotives, offscreen minor character death, First Kiss, Ed and Stede start the story at age 18 and are in their mid 30s by the end, Stede's love of steam locomotives, First Love, Getting Together, Implied/Referenced Gun Violence, Ed's ambiguous country accent, Baking cornbread as a love language, Bareback bronc riding as actual bareback bronc riding, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, this fic deals with heavy themes but there are many moments of light and joy and love and sex, and a happy ending chapter so good it made my beta cry four times, specific content warnings in each chapter's notes, Ed POV

Chapter 6 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther (OFMD)

This is Chapter 7 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
"What was coming, he still couldn’t mark beyond the word “trouble” lit up in gold when it came rolling in over the east field that late May before the first licks of the summer he turned 19.
Trouble rolling over the hill and right up to Ed.
Trouble pulling his stetson, loose around his ears like it wasn’t quite fit to him, from his head, down to his chest. Trouble tilting his head to Ed, like Ed was a fine lady, like Ed was anything but a ranch hand perched on a borrowed horse. Trouble asking, soft and sturdy as fresh wheat bread, 'how do you do'?"

This is a complete 1880s-1890s cowboy AU clocking in just under 46k that will update weekly as we work through beta'ing each chapter. This is about finding yourself, finding your home, and finding the person you want to share both with. This is about doubts we have in ourselves and how they poison the rest of our judgments. This is about Edward Teach in leather chaps being the most fuckable rider this side of the Mississippi. This is about how one man can hear one Orville Peck song and turn it into 46k words with absolutely no restraint.

Chapter Summary: Left to borrow, gone tomorrow / Baby there ain’t a trail to follow / Better off alone if you ask me

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51218605

The Intro/Outro is “Kalahari Down” by Orville Peck. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/29VSdjZG2XZCHzKwgjvsER?si=d7ebd453f57348d3

Author’s Tags:
alternate universe - cowboys, Cowboy AU, Neither of those tags are canon so whatever sticks, Angst with a Happy Ending, Time Skips, Epistolary Elements, 1880s, 1890s, Rough (emotionally) sex, Reunions, Offscreen Animal Death, Offscreen animal pregnancy/birthing, Breaking Up & Making Up, Implied Period Typical Homophobia, Ed's hatred of steam locomotives, offscreen minor character death, First Kiss, Ed and Stede start the story at age 18 and are in their mid 30s by the end, Stede's love of steam locomotives, First Love, Getting Together, Implied/Referenced Gun Violence, Ed's ambiguous country accent, Baking cornbread as a love language, Bareback bronc riding as actual bareback bronc riding, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, this fic deals with heavy themes but there are many moments of light and joy and love and sex, and a happy ending chapter so good it made my beta cry four times, specific content warnings in each chapter's notes, Ed POV

Chapter 7 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther (OFMD)

This is Chapter 8 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther
Rated: Explicit
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
"What was coming, he still couldn’t mark beyond the word “trouble” lit up in gold when it came rolling in over the east field that late May before the first licks of the summer he turned 19.
Trouble rolling over the hill and right up to Ed.
Trouble pulling his stetson, loose around his ears like it wasn’t quite fit to him, from his head, down to his chest. Trouble tilting his head to Ed, like Ed was a fine lady, like Ed was anything but a ranch hand perched on a borrowed horse. Trouble asking, soft and sturdy as fresh wheat bread, 'how do you do'?"

This is a complete 1880s-1890s cowboy AU clocking in just under 46k that will update weekly as we work through beta'ing each chapter. This is about finding yourself, finding your home, and finding the person you want to share both with. This is about doubts we have in ourselves and how they poison the rest of our judgments. This is about Edward Teach in leather chaps being the most fuckable rider this side of the Mississippi. This is about how one man can hear one Orville Peck song and turn it into 46k words with absolutely no restraint.

Chapter Summary: Sleep now, upright / Late start, feel fine / Dreaming ‘bout the time / But you can’t now, never mind!

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51218605

The Intro/Outro is “Kalahari Down” by Orville Peck. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/29VSdjZG2XZCHzKwgjvsER?si=d7ebd453f57348d3

Author’s Tags:
alternate universe - cowboys, Cowboy AU, Neither of those tags are canon so whatever sticks, Angst with a Happy Ending, Time Skips, Epistolary Elements, 1880s, 1890s, Rough (emotionally) sex, Reunions, Offscreen Animal Death, Offscreen animal pregnancy/birthing, Breaking Up & Making Up, Implied Period Typical Homophobia, Ed's hatred of steam locomotives, offscreen minor character death, First Kiss, Ed and Stede start the story at age 18 and are in their mid 30s by the end, Stede's love of steam locomotives, First Love, Getting Together, Implied/Referenced Gun Violence, Ed's ambiguous country accent, Baking cornbread as a love language, Bareback bronc riding as actual bareback bronc riding, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, this fic deals with heavy themes but there are many moments of light and joy and love and sex, and a happy ending chapter so good it made my beta cry four times, specific content warnings in each chapter's notes, Ed POV

Chapter 8 for “Kalahari Down” by oatmilktruther (OFMD)

“The Ocean” By Oatmilktruther (OFMD)
Rated: Teen And Up Audiences
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
it’s a storm.
all things considered, not even that big of a storm.
it ends up being a little more than a storm.

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53210113
Author’s Tags:
Hurt/Comfort, Storms, When the storm is not just a storm, Angst, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Set some time post episode 5 basically, Let me know if this needs other tags, dealing with your mortality fresh off of almost dying, no beta we die like zXXXXv if he doesn't figure his shit out

Podficcer note:
This was recorded for the 2024 VoiceTeam Week 2 Soporific challenge. The purpose of this fic is to help people fall asleep, so there is no music, but there are soundscapes in the background. If it helps you fall asleep please let me know in the comments <3

“The Ocean” By Oatmilktruther (OFMD)

"Avant Gardener" by oatmilktruther (OFMD)
Rated: Teen And Up Audiences
Pairing(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary:
Launching a coordinated plan of attack just to buy some plants from a store that, as a course of business, sells plants might be a bit overkill, but when has Ed ever been able to say no to Stede?

Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54903574
Author’s Tags:
Fluff, Pining, Love Confessions, a minor concussion, Bell's Nursery Annual Spring Has Sprung Extravaganza, Shenanigans, made up plants, Ed's horny inner monologue, Stede taking his gardening way too seriously and Ed being completely into it, First Kiss, I'm sorry I forgot how to tag a fic without doing a bit, But please let me know if anything's missing

The Intro/Outro is “could this be love?” by Saturn 17. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/480aVmwDIBeTSpSZORyhO0?si=7fe10ff004a4462e

"Avant Gardener" by oatmilktruther (OFMD)

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