-After he killed his father, Ed couldn’t bring himself to run away. Not when he thought of his mother. So he stayed.
-Stede Bonnet’s entire childhood was nothing but bullying from everyone around him and he decides to run away. Accidentally ending up on a pirate crew as a young man with hopes of becoming a “gentleman pirate”.
-These dreams are dashed and the once romantic young boy turns into a hardened man of the sea. (Well as hardened as he can be, this is Stede we’re talking about.)
-Edward grew up a lonely man. Apprentice to a blacksmith, never quite able to find the right person to open up to.
-His only source of joy is the local theater that allows him escape his dull life if only for a bit.
-He’s almost forty now and working when an odd band of people stumble themselves into his blacksmithing shop.
-It doesn’t take a genius to figure out these people are pirates. Their leader is a strangely dressed blonde man claiming to be an infamous pirate.
“My name is Stede Bonnet. I’m sure you’ve heard of me.”
“Mmm nope, can’t say I have mate.”
“I lead the Revenge! The most feared pirating ship this side of the Barbados!”
“…not ringing any bells no.”
-Captain Steve Bonnet and his crew on The Revenge pillage and pirate boat after boat but they have a bit of an image issue. Namely that no one exactly knows who to attribute this to.
-They’re fleeing the British armada after killing a somewhat important admiral of theirs and accidentally end up taking the blacksmith with them.
-Most people would be terrified at the prospect of being shanghaied by this ragtag pirate gang but Ed finds it rather thrilling. Begging to join the crew, promising to help with their image and spread the image of Bonnet and The Revenge far and wide through theatrics (fuckery, big time fuckery).
-Stede loves the idea, and is surprised by how aptly the man they picked up begins to adapt to their lifestyle. He’s quite enamored with the idea (and eventually, the man).
-Unknown to either of the men, one of the crew, Izzy Hands, has been planning a mutiny on The Revenge for a while now and this throws a wrench in his plans.
-Jim is very aware of Izzy’s plans but continues to make sure they don’t play out as Ed and Stede start to fall in love despite the ongoing shenanigans.
“Oh fuck, Stede, yes. That’s it, that’s the spot-”
“I don’t know, are you sure?”
“Yeah, just for the love of God, put it up!”
Izzy couldn’t sleep. For many reasons. The annoying cries of the seagull in the swedish man’s bunk, the snoring of the two men he was forced to sleep next to…but especially because of Stede fucking Bonnet. He’d finally had his captain back. The legendary, merciless Blackbeard. For a whole week before Bonnet had showed up on a dingy boat, climbing up to the deck like a barnacle from hell, begging for his captain’s forgiveness.
Instead of cutting down the man where he stood, Blackbeard-no. Edward, crumpled into the nancy boy’s arms, a sobbing mess. All for Stede fucking Bonnet. Oh, and apparently he’d picked up a friend along the way. The pain in his ass known as Lucius. Instead of drowning, he’d apparently stayed above water just long enough for Bonnet to find.
So yes, all of that made it very difficult to sleep. The first mate going to the upper deck for fresh air when he heard the noises coming from the captains quarters. The sounds of something hitting the wall over and over again combined with what he heard made Izzy want to live up to his nickname.
“Stede, could you try moving a little? I can’t quite reach.”
“I’m trying but it’s not as easy as it looks.”
They truly has no shame. And it made his blood boil. Storming over to the door, he slammed it open prepared for anything.
“Captain, I can’t let you continue to fornicate with-I, ugh-what the hell is going on in here?”
The two were not in fact, fucking on the wall as he’d expected. Instead they were….hanging a picture?
“Oh Iz, hey. What’s up?” Ed said nonchalantly as he eyed the first mate.
“What are you doing?”
“Hanging Stede’s wife’s portrait. It fell down. Didn’t have a hammer so we have to improvise.” Edward raised his hand to reveal the rather large book in his hand. Izzy stared at the two men for a moment, sputtering for something before awkwardly leaving the cabin. The two waiting for a moment before Stede turned to his partner.
“I can’t believe he bought that.” Stede said, a bit surprised.
“Oh please, Izzy won’t say it but he gets embarrassed very easily.” Edward shrugged, taking off the floral robe he’d scrambled for earlier. “Now. Where were we?”
Finished this series last week and really wanted to make something for the upcoming convention so here y’all are! I was NOT anticipating this piece taking me 7+ hours but hey I had a vision. Ed is feeling, rightfully, a lil evil.
