#mermaidstatue!Stede

[denizbevan]

Hello, the house!

mermaidstatue!Stede is back!

This is his first time.

Ed's going to take it slow...

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53986423

(check out the first installment for some beautiful art by @mahnaah !)

[denizbevan]

Hello, the house!

mermaidstatue!Stede is back!

This is his first time.

Ed's going to take it slow...

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53986423

(check out the first installment for some beautiful art by @mahnaah !)

[denizbevan]

First Line Meme

First Line Meme

Post the first line from the last 10 fics you posted -- and are there any patterns?

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World Behind and Home Ahead (rated E, modern AU, Revenge Community Centre found family series, set in Switzerland)

“Put your feet up, sweetness,” Ed said, reaching over to the coffee table for the popcorn bowl.

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A Little Embrace (rated E, canon-divergent AU, mermaidstatue!Stede series)

They’re dancing. Ed holds Stede in his arms—real flesh, returned to him, warmer than warm—and even after he’s hummed the final bars of the tune, his blood keeps on thrumming to the melody of StedeStedeStede.

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If You Like It That Way (rated E, post-canon innkeepers, fun with stockings)

Post-handy, post-cleaning up, they lay curled together in the cocoon of their bed.

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From an Unhinged Snake to an Unhinged Heart (rated M, post-canon Archie and the innkeepers, plus Jim)

Archie liked dropping by Jeff and Bartholemew’s inn. It was the only place in the world, and the only time in her life, that let her be free.

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Speak, Easy and Free (rated E, modern AU, Stede and Ed meet in Helsinki)

Stede never celebrated his birthday.

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Ed and Stede's French Lessons (rated G, modern AU, half in French, half in English, part of the Ed’s marina series (rated E) set in Ontario, Canada)

“Je vais essayer de te parler en Français tout le temps.”

“What? Good morning, by the way. Thank you for the tea. Ed, why would you speak to me in French?”

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Ready for the Journey (rated E, modern AU, it’s the Into the Woods fic!, set in Nova Scotia, Canada)

“Oh, dad! I can’t believe I forgot to tell you!” Alma tugged out of Stede’s embrace, practically bouncing in the doorway of his flat. For a split second, he knew the pleasure of having given his kids such a fun weekend that some important news had skipped Alma’s mind. Then, at her next words, his pleasure spiked into the stratosphere. “This year’s play is Into the Woods!”

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Arms Have Charms (rated E, modern AU, sequel to the one where teachers Stede and Ed are chaperones a high school dance)

Summer vacation was upon them, their twentieth summer vacation together.

Bonus line: “Ed, you haven’t come inside me since June!”

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I Am In Your Hands (rated E, post-canon, sequel to my Reverse Big Bang; each sequel features travel to a new place, this time its Quebec, featuring Stede and Ed-style Olympic Games and some private games of their own)

Ed swung in round the doorjamb. “What’cha writing?”

“A record of our Olympic Games!” Stede set down his quill and massaged his wrist. He’d been holed up in the cabin all afternoon, writing, as they sailed out of Canadian waters.

“What? But that’s private!”

“No, no, my love, the Games portion. Not our...personal competition.”

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Complementary Dinghies (rated G, post-canon innkeepers, Stede and Ed finally row a dinghy together)

Stede went with Lucius in the first dinghy, carrying the sacks of “necessary” items. What Stede thought was necessary and what Lucius thought was necessary differed but, as Lucius pointed out, “you’re the one carrying it all, and it’s your rotting shack, so it’s up to you.”

Now, as Stede rowed them towards the shore, where the inn stood—well, leaned—proudly on its height, Lucius gave him a piece of advice.

“Get engaged.”

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It’s hard not to post an extra line or two!

I certainly seem to enjoy in media res, or a bit of quick explanation...

Tagged myself off @clairegregoryau! Play along if you like!

[denizbevan]

RULES: list 5 songs you actually listen to, then tag 10 people. I was tagged by @dracothelizard

I was going to list a few songs that are currently occupying my writing brain, but I can never narrow it down with these things. My mind goes “but this band! And this band! And this one!” So instead, here are five story playlists (all stories rsted E):

Sail Away and Come Sail Your Ships Around Me. All sorts of songs with sailing in the title or about sailing or about the sea...for a Stede and Ed wedding and some role play

I surrender to the future..., my story for the 2023 Reverse Big Bang (hurt/comfort). Lots of songs and poetry and ambience! And its NSFW sequels! First sequel set in the Aegean (story here: Twice If You’re Lucky) and the rest in other places across the globe (stories here: She Will Have Her Way and You Can Touch and I Am In Your Hands)

Ready for the Journey (mostly Die Toten Hosen and the Manic Street Preachers). It’s the Into the Woods fic!

...still round the corner we may meet, my story for the 2023 Big Bang (found family). Mostly Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, a couple by Blue Rodeo. And its NSFW sequels! Stories here: A New Road, A Secret Gate, and The Stars Are All Alight)

A Little Dance. It’s mermaidstatue!Stede! Featuring, among others, the Hothouse Flowers, Runrig, and the Whisky Trench Riders!

Lots of other playlists!

Tagging @gentlepanpirate @lauravian @dollnormal @oatmilktruther @ofmd-ann @perkynurples @piratecaptainscaptainpirates @queenbee42 @ramsaybaggins @stitchyarts @veeagainsttheday @xoxoemynn @xray-vex @y2jenn @yerbamansa

Honourable mentions:

The Small Faces – Tin Soldier 

The Charlatans – The Blonde Waltz 

[denizbevan]

WIP game

The rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Tagged by @demolitionwoman-blog! I have many random fic ideas (including one in the open-to-all prompt list https://archiveofourown.org/collections/OFMD_Prompt_Meme/signups/496198) but here's the list of actual WIPs:

World Behind and Home Ahead (next Big Bang sequel)

A Little Lay (mermaidstatue!Stede sequel)

"language fest needs title" (Dock of the Bay series)

An Interlude in Time chapter 4 (oc watches OFMD and reads piña coladas)

Tagging @bizarrelittlemew , @jellybeanium124, @fpwoper, and @dracothelizard, if you want to play!