Go and read Moonstone Mage Championship [350k+, Rated E, Complete] for Ed and Stede playing strip scrabble, using marmalade for non food reasons, and being utterly in love with each other ♥️
Adding the map of the world here so that I can link over on ao3
I thought Valentine’s was a good day to share some lighthearted fic recs.
These are all Ed/Stede, under 6k words and zero angst.
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Naughty Office Guy - @clairegregoryau / Rated E / 5.8k words - this is a modern AU PWP where Ed is caught watching porn at work by IT guy Stede. Very hot, with a cute twist at the end. I’m currently working my way through this author’s latest work ‘Synchronicity’ which is an Olympic diving AU that I am absolutely loving so far.
Like An Angel - @piratecaptainscaptainpirates / Rated G / 1.7 k words - a very sweet modern AU meet-cute between T4T Ed and Stede. All of this writer’s work is brilliant, I recommend checking out their multi-chapter fics as well.
A Day in the Life of Model Employee S. Bonnet - @xoxoemynn / Rated T / 5.8 k words - another adorable modern AU meet-cute. Stede is a postie who abandons his route to join famous hair model Ed Teach on a photoshoot.
The Sea Beast - @hibyefics / Rated E / 2.3k words - a post season 2 fic where the boys enjoy reading an erotic novel of questionable quality. This story is one of the funniest things I’ve ever read in this fandom. I love all this author’s work so much 😆
Truly Docked - @ofmd-alsaurus / Rated E / 4k words - idk what to say about this one. If you like your smut to be a bit weird and funny then this writer has got you covered. I gave myself a stomach ache laughing over this one.
Dear Ed (sorry, wrong chat) - @chaotic-neutral-knitter / Rated T / 3k words - this one is sooo good. Mary and her widows reading group find some of Stede’s letters to Ed. They try and decipher the (not so) hidden meaning.
here’s a crop of the chapter 10 art from wave hello to the void, a completed gentlebeard OFMD cryptid hunting AU by @mxmollusca @zacharybosch and myself — 78k words, explicit, romance/comedy/horror (but don’t let that deter you! this is the most tender monster-loving you’ve ever seen — I guarantee it)
Hey beautiful babies 💙 happy V day, here's a smitten starlit Ed, another gift to a dear mutual 💙
When Ed looks back at Stede, he pauses, exhales audibly and sends Stede a soft smile. Watches him as he runs his hands over Stede’s thighs, kneads his thumbs into the hot, sensitive skin at his groin, tilts his head a little to the side.
Stede has to look like a complete mess—he knows his hair must be disheveled, can see the thick streaks of ejaculate on his belly shine in the silvery light. But Ed is a true vision, backlit by the moonshine coming though the yet curtainless windows (six months), and need still buzzes through Stede’s veins despite the mind-blowing orgasm Ed just coaxed out of him.
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Read Five Birthdays and a Funeral by @bizarrelittlemew for your own wellbeing 😘💋
Uncensored version going up on Twitter, and in the fic in due course too 💙
steddyhands has me so ruined for any individual izzy ship bc every time i try reading long stizzy fic where ed disappears i inevitably go 'but where's ed? :('
and whenever i read long edizzy fic where stede never pops up i'm inevitably going 'but where stede?? :('
and even when i read ouizzy or sprizzy or fang/ivan/izzy fics etc where izzy is happy while stede and ed are doing their own thing, i'm always a little sad in the back of my mind like 'ed and stede... they don't know?? they don't know the love of izzy?? no kissing first mate??? :((('
(don't get me started on how difficult straight up stede/ed fics are to dig through sometimes, i love the ship to death truly i do, she's the main girlie, but forget crying over where izzy is in their dynamic, i gotta go Entire Work and CTRL+F search izzy's name throughout the fic just to make sure his character isn't getting massacred disney villain style before i get invested in a 50k+ fic at 2am)
my ideal world is one where stede/ed/izzy have sorted their shit out, izzy and frenchie are music boyfriends, izzy shacks up with lucius and pete sometimes for some kissing bitching and gossiping sessions, and izzy and fang have cuddle sessions on the regular
all this ofc alongside archie/jim/olu/zheng's whole thing, whatever frenchie and wee john have going on, lucius' thing with fang, and jackie's continuing recruitment of new husbands to join the swede
in my heart polycrew is real and thriving, we could have had it all dammit
I've been meaning to finish this for weeks but I went and got on a writing and sewing kick instead. Drawing bug bit again yesterday ;)
Featuring my favorite Andalite, Stedeth Esgarrouth Bonnetil. I love him.
Read his story wanna fly away (I don't know where my soul is) by @ghostalservice and @petrichorca cause it's amazing and one of my absolute favs. You don't need to be familiar with animorphs to enjoy, so go get yourself some alien adventure and spice!