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• By the time you read this, I'll be alive by TheTimetravellerCat

  Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M, Multi, Other
  • Complete Work

  27 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Stede Bonnet & Israel Hands
  • Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands
  • Blackbeard | Edward Teach & Israel Hands
  • Past Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Israel Hands - Relationship
  • Past Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet - Relationship
  • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
  • Israel Hands
  • Stede Bonnet
  • Blackbeard | Edward Teach
  • Oluwande Boodhari
  • Jim Jimenez
  • Buttons (Our Flag Means Death)
  • The Swede (Our Flag Means Death)
  • Black Pete (Our Flag Means Death)
  • Lucius Spriggs
  • Crew of the Revenge (Our Flag Means Death)
  • Fang (Our Flag Means Death)
  • "Calico" Jack Rackham
  • Fang's Dog (Our Flag Means Death)
  • Original Cat Character(s)
  • Original Child Character(s)
  • Original Dog Character(s)
  • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
  • Israel Hands-centric
  • Trans Israel Hands
  • Israel Hands Needs a Hug
  • And Gets One
  • Suicide Attempt
  • a suicide attempt is described and discussed in no uncertain terms
  • Self-Harm
  • Restrictive Eating
  • unhealthy relationship to food
  • Self-Hatred Issues
  • γλυκύπικρον
  • this last tag is for my beta-reader
  • past toxic relationships
  • darker!Ed
  • Past Domestic Violence
  • mentions of abuse
  • description of past abuse and domestic violence
  • Past Sexual Abuse
  • description of past child abuse
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Hurt
  • Comfort
  • Therapy
  • Stede Bonnet is a very patient man who has gone through therapy and worked on his issues
  • therapist!CJ
  • don't knock it until you try it
  • I swear it works
  • Izzy learns to trust and make friends
  • Izzy learns to love
  • Slow Burn
  • Soft
  • Domestic Fluff
  • Hope
  • really this fic is full of hope
  • Happy Ending

  Summary

  The gun felt cool in his hand, heavy, full of promises. It could free him. One pull, one second and he would finally be gone, the suffering would be gone.
  He went back to the armchair and reclined in it. He could feel the tears coming back at the corner of his eyes.
  "A rotten leg's got to come off, eh?"
  He fired.

  Izzy takes a different path after he fails to kill himself. Slowly but surely, he will learn to trust, love, and make friends while rebuilding his life.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  94,574

  Chapters:

  21/21

  Collections:

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  Comments:

  255

  Kudos:

  250

  Bookmarks:

  45

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