Fics like Fine Things

“Look at that,” Stede said softly, and Ed did. He looked down at the scrap of silk he’d carried in his pocket for the last twenty-some years, and how it was now folded neatly into a pocket square, probably the way it was always meant to be. “You wear fine things well,” Stede said, looking at Ed as if supremely pleased with himself, and he was beautiful, so fucking beautiful in the moonlight. He let out a little huff of a laugh, all he felt capable of, while his mind battered him like waves on the side of the ship. Nothing in his life, not one fucking thing, had ever prepared him for this moment. Nothing had ever been soft. He’d been chasing treasure for his entire existence, and he really, honestly thought that, fuck it all, he might have found it. The softness, the fine thing he’d been hunting his whole life, might be standing in front of him right now. And Ed had always been a greedy bastard. He wanted more of it, all of it. So without allowing himself a moment to think, he leaned forward and caught Stede Bonnet’s mouth in a kiss. An AU in which Ed actually lands that kiss, and the story of what happens after.

Fics like Fine Things

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