https://archiveofourown.org/works/51293623

By adhduck

There’s a lot Ed doesn’t know, lying exhausted and sweaty in a bed too small for two as the crew continues to celebrate above deck. He doesn’t know if this—him and Stede, doing this, right now—was smart. He doesn’t know, either, if he would take it back if he had a chance, or if he’ll even care about the circumstances of their first time after they’ve had their second, their third, their hundredth.

But what he does know—and it’s a real fucking kicker of a knowing, a months-old wound jammed under his ribs that aches and stings and wants with every breath he takes—that he loves Stede Bonnet.

Between the Knowing and the Known

https://archiveofourown.org/works/67985461/chapters/178184531

Chapter 3: Tale as Old as Time

Find the playlist here: https://on.soundcloud.com/kduQe6wG6R0Xi4mOUR

3 Through the Looking Glass

https://archiveofourown.org/works/71320441

By shipmates

Narration only version.

But then Ed was struck with a truly ingenious idea.  “Hey,” he said, nudging Stede until he tilted his head up enough to look back at him.  “I mean.  Y’know.  We could.”  He gestured between the two of them.  “If you wanted.”

It took Stede a second to catch on, but as soon as he did, his eyes went wide.  “You mean… pretend to be a couple?”

A Spaced inspired fic for TV AU week, in which our heroes hatch up a fake relationship fuckery.

Safe Spaced Ship NARRATION ONLY

https://archiveofourown.org/works/71320441

By shipmates.

Note from boy: Because I am a huge Spaced fan (I refer you to my username happydaiz) I put some Spaced music in this. If you want a version without music, you can find it here https://on.soundcloud.com/eNhSzycrLzw9RtZHkH 

Ed was struck with a truly ingenious idea.  “Hey,” he said, nudging Stede until he tilted his head up enough to look back at him.  “I mean.  Y’know.  We could.”  He gestured between the two of them.  “If you wanted.”

It took Stede a second to catch on, but as soon as he did, his eyes went wide.  “You mean… pretend to be a couple?”

A Spaced inspired fic for TV AU week, in which our heroes hatch up a fake relationship fuckery.

Safe Spaced Ship SFX

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62643472/chapters/182317611

Chapter 5: Chariots of Wrath

5 There's a Bluebird in my Heart

Podfic: Taking the Plunge by Permanent_Ink

https://archiveofourown.org/works/67985461/chapters/179472356

Chapter 5: Back to the Beginning

5 Through the Looking Glass

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43582603

By ohjustpeachy

“You think he came here and saw me and left?” Stede squeaks. Somehow, in all of his overthinking, this hadn’t occurred to him, and his stomach sinks all over again.

Or, after being stood up (the latest in a series of increasingly terrible dating app dates) Stede meets a kind, hot stranger at the table next to him.

Long story short (it was the wrong guy)

Stede sees him across the bar

written work:

archiveofourown.org/works/56731852/…pters/144220702

cherry thrill ch. 4

https://archiveofourown.org/works/67410582/chapters/174179312

By YellowMustard, art by bbyteach

Ed jerks his head in the direction of the couch in the nearby waiting nook, and prepares himself for impending disaster.

The impending disaster follows. Eagerly.

“I’ve organized everything chronologically,” he says, setting the overstuffed briefcase down and thumbing through some of the piles. “But I can, of course, rearrange the presentation order based on your personal preferences! Alphabetically? Most-to-least amusing? Oh! Or a mystery draw - just pick a random folder without looking! That could be fun, couldn’t it?”

Somewhere, deep in Ed’s soul, a very tiny, very tired voice goes: there is something deeply wrong with you as a man, Ed. You’re into this. Don’t even try to fucking deny it.

(Or: Stede Bonnet is getting his first tattoo. Maybe. If Ed is able to rifle through Stede's entire briefcase of ideas and pro/con lists and flow charts and excel spreadsheets, and figure out what he actually wants. Which might take some time. A Reverse Big Bang 2025 fic with art by bbyteach!)

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