Name: Come On and Hold Me Ch 2 - The Smooth Move by weonlyhavethisonelife in Come On and Hold Me (Rated E)
Duration: 23 min 51 s
Description: Stede arrives at Blackbeard's for his first cuddling appointment, and he and Ed finally meet.

At the age of thirty five, Stede Bonnet could count the number of times someone had hugged him on one hand. His mother, before leaving for boarding school. His teacher, who found him crying and homesick. His aunt, at his mother’s funeral.

Touch wasn’t something Stede associated with happiness - the embraces in his life had been associated with melancholy and lonely memories. More reminders of how alone he was, than of the connection he had to others.

Stede could count the number of times he’d been held on any number of hands. Because that number was zero.

Stede had all but resigned himself to a life without intimacy of any kind until he comes across an article about professional cuddlers. Upon finding an all-male group of cuddlers called Blackbeard's, Stede books an appointment with a cuddler named Ed that will change his life in more ways than one.

*This is an updating podfic with a total of 13 chapters

Come On and Hold Me (Rated E)

“the spirit of the symphony ” by ShowMeAHero
Rated: Mature
Pairing(s): 
Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Fic Summary: 
“Don’t pretend you don’t want to be the star. You love being the center of attention, Stede.”

“When I can prepare,” he’d reminded her, in turn. “I haven’t had any time—”

“The only person who’s been here more than you is me,” Mary said. “And I’m not even sure that’s true.”

Stede’s heart had been pounding, and he’d been searching for a way to say no without ruining the show, and struggling to find one, when Mary had offered up the last push that had gotten him to agree:

“You’ll get to do it with Ed,” she’d said.


Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46172377

Author’s Tags: 
Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Community Theatre, Not Beta Read, Alternate Universe - Actors, Anxiety Attacks, stage fright, First Kiss, Reassurances, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Fluff and Humor, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, OFMD AU-pril, Trans Male Character, Trans Stede Bonnet, Making Out, Backstage, Flirting

The Intro/Outro is “All I Ask of You” performed by Patrick Wilson and Emmy Rossum. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/5klrh466oGToybceGHPGAX?si=d3649c8ae4af4b52

“the spirit of the symphony ” by ShowMeAHero (OFMD)

3 e Ed Teach Hospital Baby Photographer

“Fond(ant)” by ddagent (Good Omens)
Rated: Teen and up
Pairing(s): Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Fic Summary: Aziraphale goes to Crowley's London bakery to sample wedding cakes. His fiancé never joins him. His fiancé doesn't exist.
Original fic found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49257229?show_comments=true&view_full_work=false#comment_686943685

Author’s Tags:
Alternate Universe - Human, Alternate Universe - Bakery, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Cake, Pining, Social Anxiety, Happy Ending

The Intro/Outro is “Honey + Tea” by Mōzi. You can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/track/7t9rZKKU43qcg5oyUEp4XL?si=fccf69821bb74514

“Fond(ant)” by ddagent (Good Omens)

1 quick question

Art by the amazing Mossgroves https://twitter.com/mossgroves_art/status/1549947133704404992

Podfic of CartoonMayor's  "This Could Be Love" ch 1

find CartoonMayor here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39427899/chapters/98676828

find SD_Ryan here: archiveofourown.org/users/SD_Ryan

[podfic] This Could Be Love Ch 1

Art by the amazing Mossgroves https://twitter.com/mossgroves_art/status/1549947133704404992

Podfic of CartoonMayor's  "This Could Be Love" ch 3

find CartoonMayor here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39427899/chapters/98676828

find SD_Ryan here: archiveofourown.org/users/SD_Ryan

[podfic[ This Could Be Love  Ch 3

At the age of thirty five, Stede Bonnet could count the number of times someone had hugged him on one hand. His mother, before leaving for boarding school. His teacher, who found him crying and homesick. His aunt, at his mother’s funeral.

Touch wasn’t something Stede associated with happiness - the embraces in his life had been associated with melancholy and lonely memories. More reminders of how alone he was, than of the connection he had to others.

Stede could count the number of times he’d been held on any number of hands. Because that number was zero.

Stede had all but resigned himself to a life without intimacy of any kind until he comes across an article about professional cuddlers. Upon finding an all-male group of cuddlers called Blackbeard's, Stede books an appointment with a cuddler named Ed that will change his life in more ways than one.



This story is based on real-life professional cuddlers - I wanted to create a universe full of gentle, non-toxic masculinity, a space for queer men to be soft and intimate and express themselves without judgement. Inspiration taken from Cuddlist.com and this article - https://gcn.ie/cuddle-club-gay-men-creates-intimacy/ Thanks to my amazing betas lookinglass, AO3Bendifferus, NifaFifa, and Dr CF for your lovely comments and gentle fixing of my run-on sentences, and to my irl bff who was kind enough (despite being very confused about the concept of fandom) to provide sensitivity reading for this fic. You are my ride or dies and I don't know what I would do without you!  Note: There are consent issues in this kind of relationship! In preparing for this story, I interviewed the CEO of a cuddling agency, to learn more about the profession and how they handle complex situations like these. I have their internal policy for when cuddlers and clients fall in love, and am following it closely so that our boys can have a healthy and enthusiastically consensual experience 🥰  Title is from "Hold Me", by Fleetwood Mac

Come On and Hold Me Ch 1 - To Have and to Hold

Stede arrives at Blackbeard's for his first cuddling appointment, and he and Ed finally meet.

Come On and Hold Me Ch 2 - The Smooth Move

Stede joins the crew at Blackbeard's for dinner, and experiences something new for the first time.

CW: Social drinking, social use of cannabis (legal in New York)

Come On and Hold Me Ch 4 - Take a Lap

The morning after Stede's dinner at Blackbeard's. Deep conversations are had, and Ed and Stede's relationship changes in a significant way.

Come On and Hold Me Ch 5 - The Mirror

Stede has his second cuddle session with Ed. Cryptid infodumping ensues. Things get deep and vulnerable, and Ed makes a split second decision.

 
CW: Discussion of discovery of sexuality/being gay, childhood bullying, features men crying - ends on a happy note!

Come On and Hold Me Ch 3 - The Courtship

25  mismatched

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43216335

First Snow by bizarrelittlemew

4 You Are At The Top Of My Lungs By Foxtails

Outtakes from the Podfic of Melliebae's  "Star Crazy" 

find Melliebae here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46648561

find SD_Ryan here: archiveofourown.org/users/SD_Ryan

[podfic] Star Crazy Outtakes

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