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nothing prepared me for what the privilege of being yours would do by notebooksandlaptops
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
24 Jul 2022
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What is unusual is the following:
Firstly, he is in the Captain's Cabin (Co-Captain’s cabin? The fucking honeymoon suite? Whatever the fuck they’re calling it these days)
Secondly, the room is - at least by Bonnet’s standards - a mess.
Thirdly, Izzy might be waking up alone, but he did not go to sleep alone. He went to sleep warm and heavy and snuggled.
Israel Hands – first mate of the legendary Blackbeard - doesn’t fucking snuggle. That’s fucking ridiculous.
And yet.
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Or, the morning after Stede sleeps with Izzy for the first time, Izzy reminisces on the night before. He's interrupted by Stede who worries that he hurt him.
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on some level i think i always understood that a ship could never really love an anchor by notebooksandlaptops
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
12 Jul 2022
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Stede Bonnet is forty-seven years old when he realises he has too many things.
They get everywhere, these little knickknacks he collects. He finds precious rocks lodged between the mattress and the window, poetry books they picked up from raids stacked haphazardly on the desk. His clothes are folded, waiting to be put on proper hangers and hooks. There are forks and spoons and special little cups.
They all have their places, but their places are everywhere.
He has too many things.
Because how is he supposed to untangle them now from Edward and Izzy’s possessions?
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Or, Stede has never been in a loving relationship before. His fight or flight reflex is all 'flight' and he assumes that a big argument has ended everything. Ed and Izzy reassure him.
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a weed is just a flower whose virtues have yet to be discovered by notebooksandlaptops
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
12 Jul 2022
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Izzy glaring at Stede? Not unusual.
Izzy glaring at Stede while holding in his hands what appears to be a few wilted weeds wrapped in a dirty scrap of cloth? That is very unusual.
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Or, Izzy gets Stede flowers.
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The thing about sharing a bed with Stede Fucking Bonnet was that the man didn’t seem to think ‘bed’ and ‘sleep’ were correlated terms.
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Or, to the background noise of Edward's snores, Stede keeps Izzy awake one night with questions about his tattoos.
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The first time Stede Bonnet kisses Israel Hands it is a show. A fuckery, though with slightly more emphasis on the fuck than normal.
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Or, the story of Stede and Izzy's first three kisses.
Recent series
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Shadows & Shields by notebooksandlaptops
Fandom Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition
16 Mar 2022
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As Cole struggles with becoming more human, he finds peace and comfort in Krem.
A gentle series about Cole and Krem falling in love (and the Chargers adopting Cole as one of their own)
* all fics can be read as stand alones but also work as a series *
- Words:
- 14,184
- Works:
- 4
- Bookmarks:
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Merripen Lavellan and The Iron Bull by notebooksandlaptops
Fandom Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition
18 Mar 2022
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Merripen Lavellan: devoted to Falon'Din, a necromancer and more than a little odd, he got used to the idea of spending most of his life on his own.
The Iron Bull falls in love with him anyway.
* all fics can be read as stand alones but also work as a series *
- Words:
- 6,638
- Works:
- 4
- Bookmarks:
- 9
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Aban Adaar and Josephine Montilyet by notebooksandlaptops
Fandom Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition
09 Mar 2022
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Aban Adaar and Josephine Montilyet: practically a retelling of beauty and the beast. A soft gentle giant falls in love with a capable woman and is in awe of her every day.
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- 1,226
- Works:
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An exploration of the Kirkwall Poly-Crew as they live through the tragedy of Kirkwall and beyond.
Titles and inspiration are taken from the Amazing Devil song 'Ruin'.
* all fics can be read on their own, but also work as part of the whole series *
- Words:
- 11,580
- Works:
- 2
- Bookmarks:
- 7
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Laurana Brosca and Alistair by notebooksandlaptops
Fandom Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins
09 Mar 2022
- Words:
- 1,386
- Works:
- 1
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YOU – “Kim? Kim, what’s wrong?”
KIM KITSURAGI – He properly meets your eyes - the first time, you realize, since the precinct - and there is something horribly soft in his face. Something you are terrified to name.
KIM KITSURAGI – “....you can’t….”
YOU – “I can’t what?”
KIM KITSURAGI – “It’s…..it’s alright, Harry. You shouldn’t….have to see. I don’t…” He trails off, his eyes slipping away from yours again, somewhere far away.
YOU – “Kim, why can’t I change your shirt? Is it your scars? I told you, I don’t give a shit, or– I give exactly as much of a shit as you want me to give, I don’t–”
PERCEPTION – His good hand is on your cheek.
KIM KITSURAGI – He slowly, so very slowly, traces the shape of your jaw, your moustache, your cheekbone. He smiles, just a little, tears still falling.
EMPATHY – It’s the kind of smile a schoolteacher might give to a child who doesn’t understand something obvious.
KIM KITSURAGI – “You can’t. You’ll see my lungs glow.”
Bookmarked by notebooksandlaptops
14 Jul 2026
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YOU - ...Are Kim and I a *thing*?
REACTION SPEED [Medium: Success] – Well, he *did* stick his tongue down your throat just last week.
YOU – But does that make us a *thing*? What if he was just being friendly?
ENCYCLOPEDIA [Challenging: Success] – Friends do things like eat lunch together, and play board games.
YOU – That's exactly what we do!
ENCYCLOPEDIA – Friends do not privately make out with each other in the break room of their workplace. Ever.
YOU – Never *ever*?
ENCYLOPEDIA – Never ever ever.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY [Trivial: Success] – Never ever ever ever, baby!
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Harry works up to the courage to proposition Kim, a man he doesn't realise he's already dating.
(The second chapter is sexually explicit. Note that several sections of the first chapter will be more meaningful if you've read the two previous works in the series.)
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Bookmarked by notebooksandlaptops
08 Jul 2026
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We're Here, We're Queer, We're Full Of Fear! by patrocleanMarcescence
Fandoms: Disco Elysium (Video Game)
28 Jun 2023
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VOLITION [Easy: Success] – Don't bring up anyone's deep-seated traumas. *Especially* not right now.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY [Medium: Success] – Yeah, you were kind of in the middle of something.
Are you done moping about gun violence? Is this *finally* the part where you two fuck each other senseless?
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Kim and Harry are eager to get intimate, but they have a lot of mental baggage getting in the way. Kim comes out as transmasculine, and Harry grapples with the past. They both try to talk their way through their worries, with varying degrees of success.
(This narrative can stand on its own, but some sections will be more meaningful if you've read the previous work in the series.)
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Bookmarked by notebooksandlaptops
07 Jul 2026
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Relapse, Recuperation & Reverence by patrocleanMarcescence
Fandoms: Disco Elysium (Video Game)
05 Mar 2023
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RHETORIC [Medium: Success] – *Hold me?* Really?
ELECTROCHEMISTRY [Trivial: Success] – Can't hurt to slip in a little proposition, can it?
KIM KITSURAGI – Kim slings your arm over his shoulder and braces against your weight.
PERCEPTION (Touch) [Easy: Success] – His body is warm, but yours is warmer.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY – See?
KIM KITSURAGI – With his guidance, you hobble toward Kim's motor carriage. He turns to address you.
"I'll drive you back to my apartment."
ELECTROCHEMISTRY – *See*?!
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Harry manages to ask Kim for some help after a bad day. Incidentally, repressed homoerotic yearning doesn't stop just because you've had an alcoholic relapse.
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Bookmarked by notebooksandlaptops
07 Jul 2026
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YOU — “I really wanted it, Kim.” You sound desperate. “I was trying to get it right so hard. I’m sorry.”
RHETORIC — The s whistles in your lips, and the word is acrid in your mouth as you say it. It doesn’t make you feel better.
KIM KITSURAGI — He looks out through the window. It doesn’t face the sky, it’s only the obscured vision of the small alley. “I don’t doubt you wanted it, detective.”
EMPATHY [Challenging: Success] — He’s not sure he has the words—or better, he has them, but he’s afraid they sound too clinical, too palliative. He’s not sure what you need right now.
KIM KITSURAGI — “That’s not how anything works, unfortunately.”
HALF LIGHT [Challenging: Failure] — What does he know about how things work? About how you work?
YOU — “You don’t understand, Kim.” There’s something wet in your face again. “I don’t think I’ve *wanted* to stop before.” You wipe your cheeks with the back of your hand. “Jean said—did you know? Apparently I said to him—’I don’t want to get better. I want to get worse’. If this is what wanting to get better gets me—what’s the point?”
(Or, Harry plays some board games, relapses, gets shot and adopts a cat, not necessarily in that order.)
Bookmarked by notebooksandlaptops
06 Jul 2026