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I was thinking about what I wanted to write for this & I knew I did not want to write "sacrifices himself for the other" & I didn't wanna write a true love's kiss scene. I thought about what are the truest acts of love I've experienced & performed
I was thinking about what I wanted to write for this & I knew I did not want to write "sacrifices himself for the other" & I didn't wanna write a true love's kiss scene. I thought about what are the truest acts of love I've experienced & performed
And what I decided is that the act that speaks most powerfully to me as that of true love is forgiveness.
Why am I writing this here, when for all the other prompts I didn't tag until I finished the thread? Bc I want you to know why I decided to do this, and since it will have
Why am I writing this here, when for all the other prompts I didn't tag until I finished the thread? Bc I want you to know why I decided to do this, and since it will have
Heavier content than anything else I've written for this week. By it's nature, forgiveness requires discussing wrongs committed, so there's gonna be a fair bit of angst probably (as per usual this is all just stream of consciousness writing so who knows lol anything could happen)
#HappyEdIzzyWeek
Iz has been Ed's North Star for years, but Ed has been Iz's sun in return. Ed's always shone brighter than any other person in Iz's life. He's guided Iz, given him life, a home, purpose; everything Iz never thought he'd be worthy of.
Iz has been Ed's North Star for years, but Ed has been Iz's sun in return. Ed's always shone brighter than any other person in Iz's life. He's guided Iz, given him life, a home, purpose; everything Iz never thought he'd be worthy of.
Their orbits have been on a collision course from the beginning, inevitable and inescapable and Iz wants it with his whole heart. Iz knows Ed is brighter, hotter, faster than him, but he'll happily burn up. Iz'll let Ed devour and destroy him to be touched, kissed, loved by Ed.
When it finally happens, years later than Iz had hoped, so long Iz had nearly given up hope, Ed has slowed, cooled, dimmed, aged. Iz burns like coals, hotter from all the time he spent smoldering.
They meet as equals, burning brighter together than they ever did alone.
End
They meet as equals, burning brighter together than they ever did alone.
End
Izzy was 36 and angry. He had spent 20 years working for the British Navy, watching rich twats with fancy educations make shit decisions with the sole goal of advancing the officer's careers, nary a thought to danger posed to their sailors by their orders.
And all of this for wages that hadn't increased since before Izzy'd joined. So when pirates boarded the ship he was on, Izzy figured it was as good a time as any to vent his frustration with the officers whose careless "leadership" had put them in this situation to begin with.
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Edward was 27 and ambitious. He'd only been sailing for 15 years but he had been born on a beach and raised by the docks, so by the time he first set foot on the deck of a ship he already knew more about the sea than he did about himself. Once he was on the open water his
Edward was 27 and ambitious. He'd only been sailing for 15 years but he had been born on a beach and raised by the docks, so by the time he first set foot on the deck of a ship he already knew more about the sea than he did about himself. Once he was on the open water his
Izzy is standing in the kitchen, chopping vegetables when Ed comes bounding in.
"VICTORY IS MINE!"
Izzy rolls his eyes affectionately. "So you found it then?"
Ed reaches into his tote bag and reveals a few heads of blue cauliflower with a flourish.
"VICTORY IS MINE!"
Izzy rolls his eyes affectionately. "So you found it then?"
Ed reaches into his tote bag and reveals a few heads of blue cauliflower with a flourish.
"Rinse em & I'll start chopping."
"Sure thing." Ed does so then wraps his arms around Izzy's waste & nuzzles at his neck, "Need anything else from me love?"
"Red peppers, carrots, baby corn, broccolli, blue cauliflower, & eggplant. Think thats all we need for pride stirfry."
"Sure thing." Ed does so then wraps his arms around Izzy's waste & nuzzles at his neck, "Need anything else from me love?"
"Red peppers, carrots, baby corn, broccolli, blue cauliflower, & eggplant. Think thats all we need for pride stirfry."
"Do you know what everyone else is bringing?"
"Stede coordinated with Jack, Anne, and Mark. Stede's bringing the fruit tray, the Bonny's are bringing yogurt to dip, strawberry, vanilla, and blueberry for the trans pride flag."
"And the others?"
"Oluwande is surprising Jim with
"Stede coordinated with Jack, Anne, and Mark. Stede's bringing the fruit tray, the Bonny's are bringing yogurt to dip, strawberry, vanilla, and blueberry for the trans pride flag."
"And the others?"
"Oluwande is surprising Jim with
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The next 5 days of shore leave are more or less normal for Izzy. Ed is a bit clingier than usual, but that's not too unusual for the rare occasions when Ed feels like he's actually lost an argument.
Once they are back on the ship in the open ocean, though, things start to
The next 5 days of shore leave are more or less normal for Izzy. Ed is a bit clingier than usual, but that's not too unusual for the rare occasions when Ed feels like he's actually lost an argument.
Once they are back on the ship in the open ocean, though, things start to
get weird. The first few days, Ed showers Izzy in compliments. Given how much Izzy thrives on praise and external validation, he is shocked to discover he does not enjoy it. They are tend to be absurd or shallow, or for such basic tasks that they border on condescending. At first
Izzy had just accepted them with a nod. When they didn't let up, he ignored them. When they /still/ continued, Izzy started arguing with Ed about them.
"Looking good today, Iz."
"I look exactly the same as I did yesterday and will tomorrow, Edward."
"Great work putting together
"Looking good today, Iz."
"I look exactly the same as I did yesterday and will tomorrow, Edward."
"Great work putting together
"I think it's sweet" Frenchie declared. "the idea that some people just /belong/ with each other, that they always find each other."
"'S fucking absurd is what it is," Iz sneered.
"Aww c'mon Iz, you don't think the idea of fated loves is at least a little romantic?"
"'S fucking absurd is what it is," Iz sneered.
"Aww c'mon Iz, you don't think the idea of fated loves is at least a little romantic?"
"I'm a pirate," Iz replied dryly, "fate has no power over me."
"So you think in other universes we aren't together?" Stede sounded hurt.
"Fuck are you talking about, Bonnet?"
"Well it's fate that brought us together!"
Ed wondered if it was bad the way his heart swelled at the
"So you think in other universes we aren't together?" Stede sounded hurt.
"Fuck are you talking about, Bonnet?"
"Well it's fate that brought us together!"
Ed wondered if it was bad the way his heart swelled at the
snort of derision Izzy gave their boyfriend. "Fuck off. Wasn't fate you git it was the tides & winds & shipping lanes & the fact that your moronic self couldn't tell a hawser from a hole in the ground! So I guess if you consider your idiocy fate maybe it is to blame." Ed snorted
Izzy knows he's not easy to love. He knows. Which is why every morning there's still a soft wave of relief when he opens his eyes and sees Ed laying in bed next to him. Still there, still real.
What Izzy did to deserve him he still doesn't know.
(#happyedizzyweek - proposals)
What Izzy did to deserve him he still doesn't know.
(#happyedizzyweek - proposals)
Edward is stunning, inside and out. He's the most beautiful man Izzys ever seen. The fire inside him burns brightly in all he does, lights him up like the fucking sun is behind his eyes when he sets his mind to something.
When that something was Izzy? He didn't stand a chance.
When that something was Izzy? He didn't stand a chance.
They've been together in some capacity for 10 years, but only the last 4 romantically. It doesn't matter. Izzy knows that Edward is it. He hates the phrase 'the one' but he knows that if Edward ever left, there would never be another.
Izzy worries, sometimes. That he'll leave.
Izzy worries, sometimes. That he'll leave.
