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  1. Public Bookmark 26

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    Stede goes on a solo writer's retreat to a tiny cabin in the woods with just the bare essentials. No internet, no phone reception, and his car is parked a mile away. Cut off from distraction to focus on his craft. Stede desperately wants to write about love and adventure, but he fears he hasn’t actually lived enough to write on these topics. He hopes this retreat offers some kind of inspiration.
    Ed is lost in the woods, injured, and stuck in a blizzard. He finds a cabin that looks occupied and knocks, hoping against hope for help.

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    06 Oct 2025

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    Stede thinks he hears a ghost in the auxiliary wardrobe and, like a good pirate captain, goes to investigate. It turns out to be Ed - which only raises more questions.

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    29 Sep 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 58

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    Seasoned pro cyclist Edward “Blackbeard” Teach is counting down the days to his retirement when his swansong at the Tour de France is thrown off-course by a starry-eyed newcomer. Can Stede Bonnet’s enthusiasm remind Ed why he loves cycling, and perhaps help him find some joy in his personal life too?

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    “This is my first Tour, but it’s also my last. I’m here by luck. It won’t happen again.”
    “Hmm. I might have heard something along those lines.”
    Ed has, in fact, heard a lot of it, mostly in Izzy’s outraged voice.

    You know that twat hasn’t even raced a one-day Classic? No real road experience at all, just a handful of time trials. He’s a rower, for fuck’s sake, he’s not got the first idea how to handle himself in a group. He’s only here because his daddy owns the team. Totally unprofessional. Stupid fucking Stede Bonnet.

    “So why are you here now, then?” he asks. “What did you do to get Fortune to smile on you so beautifully?”
    “It’s a long story,” Stede replies.
    “I’ve got all day. Come on, get your bike. We’ll go for a ride and you can tell me all about it.”

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    11 Aug 2025

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    It's the late 90s. Stede, a senior in high school, takes a job at a local fast food franchise to earn some cash, hoping to make it out without his father's help. His trainer at work, Ed, wants to escape too. Maybe together they can get somewhere. Anywhere is better.

    They'll get out, sure. But they have a whole lot to learn.

    Childhood friends to lovers who don't talk about it to strangers to lovers, basically. Some angst, but hopefully balanced.

    Thrilled to say this has been podfic'd by Lindie, the best who ever done it. Link here.

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    01 Aug 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 55

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    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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    28 Jul 2025

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