Chapter 3/8

The Midnight Cafe by Karawrites and Deanbird

Rating: Mature, no archive warnings apply

Link to original work: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57516604/chapters/146339422

Littlefingies on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlefingies/works

Cafe ambiance includes Fade Into You by Mazzy Star

Relationship: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet 

Summary: Novelist Ed Teach, author of The Art of Fuckery, doesn’t expect to bump into a fan when he joins the host of regulars at The Midnight Cafe. Worse, Stede Bonnet doesn’t seem to realise who he is.

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Meet-Cute, Coffee Shops, Famous Author Edward Teach, Fan Stede Bonnet, Slow Burn, Idiots in Love, Mild Angst, Two Person Love Triangle, Deep Introspection Upon The Nature of Writing, Miscommunication, Angst with a Happy Ending 

Chapter 2/8

The Midnight Cafe by Karawrites and Deanbird

Rating: Mature, no archive warnings apply

Link to original work: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57516604/chapters/146339422

Littlefingies on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlefingies/works

Cafe ambiance includes Fade Into You by Mazzy Star

Relationship: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet 

Summary: Novelist Ed Teach, author of The Art of Fuckery, doesn’t expect to bump into a fan when he joins the host of regulars at The Midnight Cafe. Worse, Stede Bonnet doesn’t seem to realise who he is.

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Meet-Cute, Coffee Shops, Famous Author Edward Teach, Fan Stede Bonnet, Slow Burn, Idiots in Love, Mild Angst, Two Person Love Triangle, Deep Introspection Upon The Nature of Writing, Miscommunication, Angst with a Happy Ending 

Chapter 1/8

The Midnight Cafe by Karawrites and Deanbird

Rating: Mature, no archive warnings apply

Link to original work: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57516604/chapters/146339422

Littlefingies on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlefingies/works

Cafe ambiance includes Fade Into You by Mazzy Star

Relationship: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet 

Summary: Novelist Ed Teach, author of The Art of Fuckery, doesn’t expect to bump into a fan when he joins the host of regulars at The Midnight Cafe. Worse, Stede Bonnet doesn’t seem to realise who he is.

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Meet-Cute, Coffee Shops, Famous Author Edward Teach, Fan Stede Bonnet, Slow Burn, Idiots in Love, Mild Angst, Two Person Love Triangle, Deep Introspection Upon The Nature of Writing, Miscommunication, Angst with a Happy Ending 

We Fit Together by allyisreading

Rating: Mature, creator chose not to use archive warnings

Link to original work: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54036202

Littlefingies on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlefingies/works

Relationship: Archie/Oluwande Boodhari/Jim Jimenez

This is a season two missing scene set the morning after Calypso's birthday.

Tags: Canon Universe, Fluff, POV Jim Jimenez, Not Beta Read, She/They Archie, Garlic Knot/Garlic Soup Polycule, Deleted Scene, Our Flag Means Death (TV) Season/Series 02 

Chapter 3/3

Ariadne, written by FerventRabbit

Rating: Explicit, no archive warnings apply

Link to original work: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56918557

Littlefingies on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlefingies/works

Relationship: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet 

Summary: While out thrifting for furniture and decorations for the inn, Ed comes across a painting that leads him on a journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance.

Tags: Self-Reflection, Anal Sex, Crying During Sex, Light Angst, Introspection, ed teach in a dress, Greek Mythology - Freeform, Hand Jobs, david jenkins school of fashion design, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Loves Stede Bonnet, Stede Bonnet Loves Blackbeard | Edward Teach, innkeepers, Post-Canon, Obsessive thoughts, author has OCD, innkeeper era, stede attempts to draw but gets distracted by the most beautiful princess on earth, the princess is ed btw, playing with gender expression, Blowjobs, Soft Blackbeard | Edward Teach, 18th century photoshop, Post-Season/Series 02, Worshipful smut, Top Stede Bonnet, Bottom Blackbeard | Edward Teach 

Music: Sufjan Stevens "Shit Talk"

Chapter 2/3

Ariadne, written by FerventRabbit

Rating: Explicit, no archive warnings apply

Link to original work: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56918557

Littlefingies on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlefingies/works

Relationship: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet 

Summary: While out thrifting for furniture and decorations for the inn, Ed comes across a painting that leads him on a journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance.

Tags: Self-Reflection, Anal Sex, Crying During Sex, Light Angst, Introspection, ed teach in a dress, Greek Mythology - Freeform, Hand Jobs, david jenkins school of fashion design, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Loves Stede Bonnet, Stede Bonnet Loves Blackbeard | Edward Teach, innkeepers, Post-Canon, Obsessive thoughts, author has OCD, innkeeper era, stede attempts to draw but gets distracted by the most beautiful princess on earth, the princess is ed btw, playing with gender expression, Blowjobs, Soft Blackbeard | Edward Teach, 18th century photoshop, Post-Season/Series 02, Worshipful smut, Top Stede Bonnet, Bottom Blackbeard | Edward Teach 

Music: Sufjan Stevens "Shit Talk"

Chapter 1/3

Ariadne, written by FerventRabbit

Rating: Explicit, no archive warnings apply

Link to original work: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56918557

Littlefingies on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlefingies/works

Relationship: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet 

Summary: While out thrifting for furniture and decorations for the inn, Ed comes across a painting that leads him on a journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance.

Tags: Self-Reflection, Anal Sex, Crying During Sex, Light Angst, Introspection, ed teach in a dress, Greek Mythology - Freeform, Hand Jobs, david jenkins school of fashion design, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Loves Stede Bonnet, Stede Bonnet Loves Blackbeard | Edward Teach, innkeepers, Post-Canon, Obsessive thoughts, author has OCD, innkeeper era, stede attempts to draw but gets distracted by the most beautiful princess on earth, the princess is ed btw, playing with gender expression, Blowjobs, Soft Blackbeard | Edward Teach, 18th century photoshop, Post-Season/Series 02, Worshipful smut, Top Stede Bonnet, Bottom Blackbeard | Edward Teach 

Music: Sufjan Stevens "Shit Talk"

Adult Swim (Dreams do come true), written by LaMer_nathalie

Rating: Teen, no archive warnings apply

Link to original work: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61754035

Littlefingies on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlefingies/works

Relationship: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet 

Summary: Stede is fairly newly divorced, and hasn't found the courage or the time to dip his toes into the dating pool. So he's working on himself, one lap swim at a time. He notices a devastatingly handsome swimmer one evening. Cut to scene...

Tags: Fluff, gentlebeard, Fitness Fic, That Yummy Smelling Soap, The Meatmarket that is Adult Swim at the Public Pool, Okay maybe that is just wish fulfillment, Public Nudity, Butts 

Cover image source: Stephen Ventura https://unsplash.com/@stephen_ventura

Just To Kiss Me, written by adhduck

Rating: Mature, no archive warnings apply

Link to original work: https://archiveofourown.org/works/45974647

Littlefingies on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlefingies/works

Relationship: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet 

Summary: Ed is learning how to be cared for, which apparently involves Stede helping him shave, and also saying what he wants--and what he doesn't. (Or: ace!Ed is about to be so, so fucking loved). 

Tags: Asexual Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Sex-Favorable Blackbeard | Edward Teach, (/sex neutral), discussion of asexuality, discussion of sex, Implied/offscreen masturbation, Making Out, Shaving, Facial Shaving, stede shaves ed and it's VERY tender, Internalized Acephobia, (don't worry they talk through it all), Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Neck Kissing, bc if ed's gonna shave his beard by god his neck and jaw deserve some love, Author is Asexual, basically i wanted ace!ed to be cared for and loved so FUCKING tenderly, and to have more fics with sex-favorable characters but not sex scenes bc there aren't many, Post-Season/Series 01, (i feel like i gotta use this now instead of post-canon lol), Non-Sexual Intimacy, sensual intimacy

Slow Down by dance_across

Rating: Explicit, no archive warnings apply

Link to original work: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50845096

Littlefingies on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/littlefingies/works

Relationship: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet 

Summary: Ed has some very specific ideas about what the collar means. Stede hasn't quite caught up yet.

Tags: POV Stede Bonnet, Ed's Collar, Kink Discovery, Soft Dom Stede Bonnet, Masturbation, Light Dom/sub, Our Flag Means Death (TV) Season/Series 02, Looking but not touching, taking it slow, Kissing, First Time, Ed Is Bad At Accepting Compliments, But Here Comes Stede The Compliment Machine, Post-Episode: s02e05 The Curse of the Seafaring Life 

Narrator's note: This podfic is a prompt fill for dance_across for the OFMD Gotcha for Gaza, which I still think is one of the coolest things this fandom has ever done. There are still unassigned prompts, so if you're an artist, a writer, or a podficcer I encourage you to check those out!