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6 months

“The thought of it doesn’t leave Stede’s mind for days.” (part 1|2 of what may be the horniest thing i’ve written in this fandom is up!)

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

8 months

okay so it was worth it

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@tempeststeacup

4 months

i don’t think HBO realised that by releasing that statement it would instead just revive a bunch of burnt-out gays on a tuesday morning

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@tempeststeacup

7 months

something about stede and ed not kissing after running to each other on the beach in stede’s dream because stede didn’t feel he deserved that at that point vs them kissing when running to each other in reality, and ed being the one to initiate it 🥲 #ofmds2spoilers

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@tempeststeacup

4 months

HBO being unable to say ANYTHING about its multiple GLAAD nominations is really reigniting the pettiness in me #SaveOFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

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@tempeststeacup

4 months

it’s about belonging to something ♥️🏴‍☠️ #SaveOFMD #RenewAsACrew

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@tempeststeacup

11 months

thinking about stede going to the same bar every week with the crew and every week ed flirts with him by complimenting his outfits as he makes his drink until ed finally says, “you do know i’ve been flirting with you for, like, the past month, right?” and stede Did Not Know

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

4 months

david not being beholden to playing nice with max anymore may be the best thing ever

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

6 months

stede “i pulled my back from arching too hard” bonnet and ed “i aggravated my sciatica from railing you into the mattress” teach

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@tempeststeacup

1 year

tradition continues

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

8 months

she’s here she made it she’s gonna cry

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

4 months

hey how about we don’t complain about how much r*ys is charging for a cameo and direct any anger towards WBD and them pulling many peoples’ main sources of income out from under them with no warning?

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

ed seeing stede in his glasses for the first time and giving him the absolute sloppiest, most enthusiastic head before railing stede and making sure those little glasses stay on

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

“Can I kiss you?” Sitting on the bed facing each other, it seems like the natural progression for the evening to take. The crew has wound down, the watches are set, and the gauzy curtains are pulled tightly shut, blurring Ed and Stede behind their diaphanous, shifting light.

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

3 months

“Say it again,” says Ed. “What, here?” Stede asks, pulling back with a giggle. “You’re my boyfriend.” Ed shivers. “Again. Against my lips.” Crowding closer, Stede cups Ed’s face in one hand, slides the other down his chest. Leans in, lips barely brushing Ed’s. “Boyfriends.”

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

9 months

you’re goddamn right he does

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

4 months

some people absolutely refuse to see that we’re not just fighting for #OurFlagMeansDeath in all of this, we’re fighting to save queer and original storytelling from the slaughterhouse that streaming has become

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

7 months

Ed wakes to the ghost of an echo of his name. Sitting up in the dark cabin he looks around blearily. Stede is still asleep in his bed, back to the room, shoulders a broad, dark mountain of a shadow. Settling back on the couch, Ed chalks it up to a dream. Then he hears it again.

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

6 months

stede’s face and the way he says “they drew him to look like a ghoul” has no fucking business being as funny as it is

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

4 months

every time i think “we’re so over” we get something like an entire write-up in the guardian and on a list of the 20 best feel-good shows #SaveOFMD #adoptourcrew

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@tempeststeacup

4 months

i’ve been laughing at this for a few hours now because it is SUCH an obvious ploy to try to change the narrative with the media attention bearing down on them, making it difficult for them to keep up the “but the numbers!!” nonsense for much longer #SaveOFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

Popverse

@PopverseSays

4 months

#OurFlagMeansDeath 's marketing was concerned about the shock of violence in the show. Read about why here:

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

3 months

“you all are being annoying at trying to get OFMD picked up” that’s the point? and how many other canceled shows also got picked up? please stop trying to act like only the OFMD fandom invented this

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

1 year

i was telling rhys about how i want to be a screenwriter and how much this show has helped my creativity and made me feel like i have a purpose again and he kept stopping signing to look at me and seemed so touched by it 🥺

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

4 months

interesting that suddenly #OurFlagMeansDeath was too expensive to produce for the audience it brought in, when a season three had been pretty much ready to roll out pre-production… #saveOFMD #AdoptOurCrew

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@tempeststeacup

3 months

i’ve been thinking about ed and stede lying in bed face-to-face with stede gently tracing over the lines on ed’s face and ed confessing how he never thought he’d live long enough to get them and how glad he is that he did since it led him to stede

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

3 months

always thinking about ed and stede being obsessed with each other’s personality traits that they hate on themselves and then falling in love with those traits and by proxy learning to love themselves along the way

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

1 year

i asked rhys if he had advice because i turn thirty in three days and am freaking out and he was SO NICE about it and looked so concerned that the advice wasn’t good until i was like no no this is absolutely perfect, i feel better

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

6 months

“What’s this?” They’ve been cleaning up the cabin, finishing up the job that Stede had started while Ed was—well. Yeah. Ed looks up from the books he’s carefully organising amongst the trinkets on the shelves and freezes. In Stede’s hands is a painting. A very familiar one.

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

2 months

“I never thought I’d live this long,” says Ed quietly. Stede continues to trace over the lines fanning out from the corners of Ed’s eyes and mouth, trekking the roads of a life well-traveled, a life well-lived. Evidence of the ups and downs of it, in the sunspots, the scars.

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

7 months

i’m feeling Very Normal about imagining stede carefully taking off ed’s rings after he takes off his and putting them with so much care in this little jewelry box while fireworks light up the cabin #ofmds2spoilers

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

modern stede loves to show ed tiktoks that ed saw a week ago but every time he does ed acts like he hasn’t seen them yet just to watch stede get that delighted, crinkle-nosed grin

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

4 months

everybody. take a step back and take a breath. look at what we’ve done in under two weeks. i think people aren’t giving themselves enough credit for just how much work and noise we’ve made simply by being ourselves. we’ve got this #SaveOFMD

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@tempeststeacup

1 year

fandom when the showrunner of a gay show tweets on the first day of pride month about how gay the show is

David Jenkins

@david_jenkins__

1 year

🦄🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🐈‍⬛🗡️💜

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

i didn’t think this would hit me this hard but i’m just like. upset and numb and it feels like the entire inside of my body has been scooped out and thrown carelessly on the ground

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

give me so much of stede taking ed’s hair down from his half-knot/ponytail, running his fingers through it to drape it over ed’s shoulders, and whispering, “there we go,” before placing his hand on the side of ed’s bare neck and kissing him

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

6 months

this is just our flag means death s01e04

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@sojuboyteIIem

6 months

first date idea i show you every trinket, poster, photo, and item in my room and explain the back story of all of them

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@tempeststeacup

2 months

ed telling stede that he’s the reason he wants to grow old now

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

8 months

i need to see more wound tending in season two. i need the inherent homoeroticism and intimacy of stitching up a stab wound or cleaning a bullet hole. i need wincing in pain and gentle “you’re okay, i’m almost done, you’re doing so well”

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

do you ever think about the absolute devotion ed and stede have for each other like. it transcends just simple love. it’s encompassing. it’s everything. it’s a kind of possessiveness that’s more like “i would do anything for you, because you’re mine and i’m yours.”

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@tempeststeacup

4 months

thinking about studios' decisions to cancel shows that aren't a mega hit within the first two seasons and thought of breaking bad's slow rise. imagine the TV landscape if it had been canceled. now think about what shows HAVE been canceled that could have had the same opportunity

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@tempeststeacup

4 months

WBD owns newshub, NZ was directly affected by this choice…oh i like the turning of the tides with this one

Melissa | #LongLiveOFMD

@meowzawowza_

4 months

Our Flag Means Death cancellation: Thousands sign petition

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@tempeststeacup

4 months

waking up and just seeing the HOPE permeating from everybody on the TL from the fans and the cast to DAVID has just warmed me so much ♥️ i’ve never been prouder to be a part of a fandom and a cause #SaveOFMD #RenewAsACrew

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@tempeststeacup

7 months

me: i need a break from twitter also me: what if i wrote a thread of the first time stede moans ed's name when they're sleeping in the same room

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

6 months

twitching thinking about ed slowly sliding off his rings, then stede’s, palming them gently and then placing them on the windowsill with so much care before taking stede’s face in his hands and kissing him just as gently

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

@rhysiedarby we’re not giving up without a fight, cap #SaveOFMD

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

the muse is BACK

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

ed seeing stede in his glasses for the first time and giving him the absolute sloppiest, most enthusiastic head before railing stede and making sure those little glasses stay on

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@tempeststeacup

4 months

was feeling a wee bit sad and now am filled with anger and renewed vigor on behalf of our leading man #SaveOFMD

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@tempeststeacup

3 months

in my delulu positive era but think of getting OFMD back in a few years and getting a new season (or movie) with an intact vision like season one had. no meddling, no cut storylines. the perfect ending for what we should have had. all along

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@tempeststeacup

8 months

i think one of the things that excites me the most about season two is getting to watch ed and stede heal together, because it’ll be messy and petty at times but the payoff is going to be so soft and romantic and emotionally charged because they’re soulmates

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@tempeststeacup

7 months

“Fuck this,” says Ed, standing up and wrapping the blanket around his shoulders like a cape. “Budge over, mate. I’m coming in and we’re fucking cuddling.” Even in the dark Stede’s smile is bright. He scoots, pulls the corners of the sheets back, and says, “Come here.” Ed does.

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

4 months

every time i’m like “75k isn’t that much in the grand scheme of things,” i remember that it hasn’t even been a full two weeks since the cancellation announcement #SaveOFMD #AdoptOurCrew

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

The terrifying ordeal of being seen. The less-terrifying ordeal of realising you’ve been wanting to be seen by the right person for so long, and that you’ve finally found them. And Ed sinks into it. He kisses back, hand on Stede’s face, and he thinks: Here I am. Here we are.

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

4 months

wow hmm you know what gay twitter REALLY would have supported? season three of #OurFlagMeansDeath #SaveOFMD

Deadline Hollywood

@DEADLINE

4 months

HBO's Casey Bloys Talks Emmy Wins & Updates On 2025 Hopefuls 'The Last Of Us', 'Euphoria' & 'White Lotus', Calls On Gay Twitter For 'Gilded Age' Support

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

right now ed and stede are in comfy clothes cuddling together on the couch in the soft light of the tree, finally alone after an exhausting but wonderful christmas, and ed has one final surprise gift burning a ring-shaped hole in his jogger pocket 🤭

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@tempeststeacup

1 year

newly-out stede getting dumped & going to ed’s (who’s been quietly in love with him for awhile) to eat ice cream out of a tub together & watch trashy TLC shows so he doesn’t cry (not bc he loved the guy but bc he’s afraid no one will love him) & he falls asleep on ed’s shoulder😩

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

3 months

bratty ed teach like if you agree

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@tempeststeacup

3 months

no alternate home for OFMD doesn’t mean we can’t topple the current regime and get a movie 🫶🏻 (i say so i don’t cry)

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@tempeststeacup

7 months

hey, that’s my article! this is my love letter to OFMD and everything it makes me feel. i can’t thank @david_jenkins__ and co enough for everything they’ve given us these two seasons ♥️

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@TheMarySue

7 months

The second season of 'Our Flag Means Death' is filled with beautiful parallels

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@tempeststeacup

1 year

TW infidelity// i’m sorry in advance, but uhh have some heavy angst infidelity and please heed the warnings i guess? 🫣

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

this is so stede bonnet coded

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@tempeststeacup

8 months

stede thinking he needs to shed the soft, gentle parts of himself to save ed but ed needing those soft, gentle parts to actually save him 🥹

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

When Ed hands him the painting, his hand trembles. “There we go,” Stede says softly after he steps down off the chair, standing back, his hands on his hips. There’s a soft smile on his face as he looks up at the fireplace. “Little bit of something old for something new, hmm?”

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@tempeststeacup

3 months

hi i’ve had a few drinks and i love ed and stede and think #OurFlagMeansDeath is genuinely one of the best shows i have ever seen and been fortunate to be in the fandom for, and we deserve the ending david envisioned #SaveOFMD

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@tempeststeacup

8 months

thinking about how stede and ed have more than likely never actually held hands with ANYBODY and how that must feel for them experiencing that security for the first time #ofmds2spoilers

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@tempeststeacup

3 months

It doesn’t matter what comes next; Ed’s begun to learn what living in the moment really means, when you’re in love. It’s the way your boyfriend kisses you, and the way his body feels under your hands. It’s everything you’ve wanted, all right in front of you. Tomorrow. Someday.

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@tempeststeacup

3 months

fell pretty hard into despair yesterday, but a new day + david’s post have given me a little bit of hope. keep OFMD in the zeitgeist. keep the fandom alive. when the industry recovers, they’ll remember us

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

2 months

refusing to let that interview hurt me because we CAN get our damn show back

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

i’m an ed “babe” truther and i’m also a stede “honey” truther

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

“Yes, Stede. We’ve established that. They’re your reading glasses, I’ve never seen them before, and they’re really making my dick really fucking hard right now.” (stede gets railed in his little glasses. that’s it. 4.3k, e.)

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@tempeststeacup

2 months

ed finding the robe tucked away after everything else is gone and he tries to throw it out, he does, only ever saw stede in it once, but the driving rush of anger is gone and he’s tired and he’s numb, and if he puts it on, if he can still smell stede, he can pretend he’s there

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

He moves closer. Reaches over and takes Ed’s hand in his. “But I still want to ask, so allow me this indulgence, darling.” Ed will allow Stede a hundred indulgences. A thousand. Enough to fill the fucking ocean. Because when Stede gets them he smiles, and Ed loves his smiles.

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

4 months

@aproperpirate present tense would imply that were for sure getting a new season and would get hopes up. it’s all about neutrality. think back to the past tense on his posts from last week. i think if he was out of options he would simply come out and say it bc he knows how hard we’re fighting

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@tempeststeacup

8 months

ed owning an artisanal candy store in a little tourist town where you can watch the candies being made & stede takes the kids there, where they make him watch the fresh batch being made. only stede isn’t focusing on the candy; he’s focusing on the very attractive man making it 👀

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@tempeststeacup

1 year

if you were wanting 6k of ed and stede making a sex tape that’s equal parts hot, sincere, and dorky, look no further!

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

There isn’t hesitation in Stede’s question, and they’ve long since passed taking-it-slow, but sometimes Stede still asks. Makes sure it’s okay, that it’s wanted. “‘Course you can,” says Ed, surprised to find his voice rough. “You know you always can—” “I know,” says Stede.

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@tempeststeacup

4 months

we crushed 75k, we’re going to absolutely crush 150k. @AppleTV are you interested in adoption currently for a passionate fanbase? #AdoptOurCrew #saveOFMD

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@tempeststeacup

2 months

ed and stede grinding in their underwear with stede on top and when he comes it leaks out through his underwear and makes a mess of ed’s until ed comes send tweet

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@tempeststeacup

4 months

i am just so thankful for david and this cast and crew that have given this show to us. thankful for the past two years of my life and what it’s given me. i’m feeling so much love in ways i’ve never felt love before in a fandom #saveOFMD

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@tempeststeacup

7 months

so important to think about cleanup for the inn taking twice as long as it needs to because ed has to stop stede constantly to kiss him because he’s still just so stuck on the idea that he CAN now, and whenever he wants, and stede will always, always kiss him back

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

it’s not fully plotted out yet but oh i’m excited for this one

rachel

@tempeststeacup

5 months

plotting out a very juicy friends to lovers slow burn 👀

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@tempeststeacup

3 months

Stede’s chin goes all wobbly, eyes shining in the dim lamplight. “Your boyfriend,” says Ed. “Your lover. Your…” He has to pause to unstick the word from his throat, this deepest desire of his. “Your husband, maybe. Someday.” He’s hardly dared to dream it. Not someone like him.

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@tempeststeacup

4 months

are we talking about how much we love rhys darby? i’m always going to remember the incredibly thoughtful advice he gave me last year when i told him i was nervous about turning thirty. it meant so much then and still means so much now

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

WIP wednesday since we’re all on a glasses stede kick 🫶🏻

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

“There we are,” whispers Stede, cupping the curve of Ed’s jaw. Then he leans in, and he kisses Ed, and it feels like their first kiss on a beach. Feels like the one they took on this very bed when they finally stopped being afraid the next would be their last. There we are.

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

Those same hands gently comb through Ed’s hair, laying it out across his bare collarbones and shoulders, brushing it down over his back. It leaves Ed feeling soft and trembly all over. Makes him shiver a bit; he knows his eyes are wide and vulnerable when he tilts his head up.

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

@jinyoongis barry fans 🤝 better call saul fans

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@tempeststeacup

2 months

Love me until you can’t anymore. Love me until the tides recede and the world stops turning. Love me past that. Love me into the stars and let everybody know of our tale. Stede smiles, and Ed’s heart aches with it. Beats with it. “Of course I will,” says Stede. “Until the end.”

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

So Ed says, “Kiss me,” and Stede smiles, and it’s like home. Leaning forward with his knees brushing Ed’s, Stede’s hands go to Ed’s hair, and Ed exhales shakily. Quick fingers make easy work of the tie holding his hair up in a bun, sending it tumbling down over his shoulders.

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

Fuck. “I, um.” Ed clears his throat, looking down at his boots. “I couldn’t throw it out. Reminded me of you, in a good way. Made me always think of that first day we spent together.” He doesn’t mention crying over it. Doesn’t think he needs to: Stede looks at him, eyes shining.

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@tempeststeacup

9 months

i need so much softness for ed and stede. i need them navigating what casual and unconscious touches they like. i need them trying out handholding configurations and arguing about it. i need the little intimacies like heads resting on shoulders and hands on lower backs

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@tempeststeacup

6 months

“You kept it?” Stede’s voice is quiet. Raw. He’s staring at the painting. It’s the one thing Ed never let get destroyed, and why he kept it in the auxiliary closet; he could never bear going in there, not when it was the last bit of the cabin that still smelled like Stede.

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@tempeststeacup

10 months

thinking about famous photographer ed whose incredibly popular series of x-rated photographs of an unknown man (who is, in fact, stede) is widely speculated until they get engaged and ed announces it with a ~saucy photograph of them together

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

out of everybody in the world, ed and stede managed to find each other and fall in love and that’s beautiful

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@tempeststeacup

3 months

But now there’s Stede. And Ed’s found a reason for living, for dreaming of a real future, something that’s worth fighting for. A reason to love, and to be loved in return. “Oh, Ed,” says Stede thickly. He pushes forward, cups Ed’s face, finds his cheeks are wet. “Yes. Someday.”

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@tempeststeacup

3 months

“Boyfriends,” Ed rumbles back, pleased with the way his mouth shapes the word. It feels right. Destined. Just like the warmth of Stede’s arms, the easy press of their mouths together when Ed leans in. “Never thought Id be a boyfriend.” “It suits you,” says Stede. “My boyfriend.”

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@tempeststeacup

5 months

fuck it , the first chapter of FWB to lovers will be posted tomorrow and here’s the rough cover art for a bit of a palate cleanser for this awful day

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@tempeststeacup

9 months

reunion sex with ed in stede’s lap, their faces inches apart, both breathing hard and unable to look away. and ed takes stede’s hand from where it’s clenched in the sheets and brings it to his waist and whispers, “touch me. don’t let go,” and stede says, “i’ve got you, love.” 🥺

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@tempeststeacup

1 year

Stede skips January. And February. Ed hates that little seed of hope because for those two months, like clockwork, it’s crushed when that barstool remains empty. He blocks Jack’s number; he knows where he’s headed. He can’t do that again. He drinks. Wonders what he did wrong.

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@tempeststeacup

3 months

He runs the backs of his knuckles over Ed’s cheek, the bristly crop of his beard. Ed catches his wrist, kisses each knuckle in turn. Doesn’t look away. The moment narrows. “I like being yours,” he admits; it’s pulled from him, all but bleeding from how raw of an admission it is.

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rachel

@tempeststeacup

7 months

Stede sputters, and without even seeing it Ed knows he’s gone red. “I’m sorry!” A part of Ed is flattered, and it preens. So Stede does dream of him. Convenient, since Ed dreams of Stede. However, there’s a reason Ed wanted the breaks pumped, and it’s getting harder to stick.

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