MurmursInTheNight
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Home had meant different things at different times to Izzy. Sometimes it was just a room, a place where he existed, managed to survive. Other times it had been truly a place to live, to enjoy, somewhere he did more than just survive in. He had expected, when he was a young naive kid and the world hadn’t poisoned his positivity yet, that he could go from simply just existing in a room under some else’s roof to having a home that was his own, that he loved, and that would be the end of it. He never used to think he would revert, tumble back down the ladder, fall back in to the abyss of simply existing in a room because a basic human need was shelter.
Ed was all the home he ever needed, in the end.
Izzy's got a new life to navigate as he heals - he's safe, he's being looked after, and he's learning how to be in a polyamorous relationship with his ex-husband and his new(ish) boyfriend. But his past won't leave him alone, not just yet. All he wants is his happy ending, which he knows he will have. Eventually. But you can't heal wounds that people don't know you have...
Picks up directly from Part 1 - Happier Than Ever. Title and chapters from Taylor Swift's 'The Archer'.
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- Part 4 of Once Upon A Time
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Soulless. How could anything that pair do be called fucking soulless? Izzy had never known two people put more of themselves into something than Mary and Stede, even if it wasn’t into their marriage anymore. Now it was into raising their kids, and their respective businesses, and supporting each other in their new, happier lives.
But none of it was ever soulless.
Mary gets a bad review by renowned critic Ned Low. Izzy has been there before, and this time he isn't going to stand for it, not when it has upset both Mary AND Stede.
Chapter 1 is completely clean, if swear-y. Chapter 2 is absolutely not clean. There is no plot in chapter 2, so if you don't fancy the smut, you aren't missing out on anything.
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And just like that, it all tumbled back into Izzy’s memory; everything they had been, everything they were, everything they could never be again. Like fuck does time and distance heal. But that still couldn’t stop the smile that Ed’s laugh was pulling from him in return, intrinsic, muscle memory, from the days when that was a regular occurrence and the only tears were ones from joy, from laughing so hard it hurt.
“I was worried about you. Where did you go?” he asked, voice now quiet in direct contrast to all the shouting.
“All sorts of places,” Izzy replied, just as quietly, holding Ed’s gaze.
“And did it help?”
Izzy has returned home, to find his (now) ex-husband in the arms of another. Of course he's going to seek comfort in the arms of someone else too...
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Picks up directly from part 2 'Forever and Always' and builds up to part 4 which picks up directly from part 1.
Title and chapters from Taylor Swift's 'Cardigan'.
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- Part 3 of Once Upon A Time
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I Stopped CPR, After All It's No Use by MurmursInTheNight
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
28 Sep 2024
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If there was only one thing in the entirety of this universe that would make Lucius pay attention to something this dull, it was an incredibly hot man delivering it.
Okay, so maybe this wasn’t going to be as bad as he initially thought…
The Revenge Theatre Group need to get their First Aid qualifications. No one wants to be there, especially Lucius. Maybe the teacher of the course, a certain Israel Hands, can change his mind?
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"What's your name then?"
Izzy's eyes cast up from where he was staring intently at the zip on his jacket, just so he /wouldn't/ be staring intently at this new stranger, who seemed to have purposefully placed himself in his field of vision.
"Izzy," he mumbled and then that was it, eyes falling back to his lap. Shit, he was gorgeous.
"Izzy.... Izzy...." The stranger kept saying it, like he was testing how it rolled off his tongue. "Izzy... hmm, what's that short for?"
"Israel," Izzy mumbled back, keeping his gaze up this time.
"Israel, eh? Wow, biblical!" The grin that spread across the strangers’ face, so wide, so bright, so fucking genuine, like he was so pleased with himself that he'd remembered something like that, had a smile tugging at Izzy's lips too, against his will.
"You don't know the half of it," Izzy muttered back. But before he would let the stranger dive on that comment, he purposefully met his eyes. "What's yours then?"
"Ed," the stranger responded, before leaning closer from where he was sat, like he was about to attempt to share a secret. "Short for Edward..."
Prequel to 'Happier Than Ever'. Can stand alone as an Ed/Izzy origin story.
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- Part 2 of Once Upon A Time
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“I appreciate everything you do for us, Izzy.” Stede said like he was making one of his asinine remarks about the weather. “Ed and I. We appreciate you.”
Something wound low and warm in his belly.
“What?”
A private conversation between Co-captain Bonnet and First Mate Hands. Can be read as Stizzy or pre-SteddyHands.
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13 Dec 2024
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Frenchie makes sure Izzy always eats first.
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- Part 59 of short stories
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13 Dec 2024
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In the Spirit and in the Flesh: Sexual Stimulation During Sleep as a Pathway to Expanded Conscious Self-Actualisation
Edward Teach
Queen Anne UniversityObjective: To determine whether consistent application of sexual stimulation during sleep could prompt greater conscious self-actualisation in a self-identified sexually-repressed research subject.
Participants/methods: The experiments in this report were conducted by Postdoctoral Research Fellow Edward Teach, PhD, School of Behavioural Sciences, Queen Anne University, with a volunteer subject. The researcher spent a week applying escalating sexual stimuli to the subject during different sleep scenarios, monitoring responses and subsequent changes in conscious sexual self-understanding.
The findings of the study are detailed below.
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13 Dec 2024
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In hindsight, Ed should have known they wouldn’t be able to successfully watch a movie.
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05 Dec 2024
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Eighteen years ago, Israel Hands joins a burgeoning F1 team by the name of Red Bull Racing, joining a young rookie from New Zealand.
Nine months ago, at the tender age of thirty-six, Stede Bonnet becomes Formula 1's oldest rookie driver.
Six months ago, Stede Bonnet is fired for poor performance. Red Bull descends into a state of low-level chaos.
One month ago, Stede Bonnet becomes a majority investor in Red Bull Racing alongside Edward Teach, with the promise of a seat in the team in the future, leaving Izzy and reserve driver Jiminez in limbo. Red Bull descends even further into chaos.
Meanwhile, the Crew of Red Bull Racing F1 Team are just trying to survive.
"You don't get it, Iz! I've got everything that I want! I've got championships, I've got wins, I've got money, I've got a stake in this team, I own your fucking car!" Ed said derisively, "The shit you talk about? I stopped caring about it ten years ago! This is my next step in life, and you need to start opening your eyes."
"Your 'next step'?" Izzy repeated in disbelief, "I lick your fucking boots for eighteen years and now I'm just not in your 'next step'?!"Bookmarked by MurmursInTheNight
10 Nov 2024