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saltpepperbeard · 1 year

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Big fan of pet names, and subsequently thinking about which pet names Stede and Ed would use with each other. I’m of course a huge fan of Stede using “darling” and “sweetheart” for Ed, and Ed using “love” for Stede.

But one I’ve also been thinking about a lot is Ed using “baby/babe” for Stede. “Baby” could carry negative connotations, what with Stede having to endure so many years of “Baby Bonnet.”

But what if Ed sort of took it back? What if he turned it into something good, something beautiful, something that was theirs? What if he took that past pain and gently bandaged it with a kiss?

And if “baby” in particular still hit a bit too close, what if he proposed “babe?” For better connotations, healing connotations.

For love after years of hurt.

#OFMD #Gentlebeard #Blackbonnet #Edward Teach #Stede Bonnet #Revenge Rambles #LISTEN #Whenever I hear their dialogue/voices in my fanfic thoughts and what have you #I always picture them using a lot of pet names #And I also picture Stede using more like…’old fashioned’ ones I suppose #Like darling and dear and dearest and my love #Whereas Ed uses shorter ones like love/sweet/babe #So babe in particular keeps rotating around in my brain #Also this makes me ITCH to write about Ed just slipping ‘baby’ out #And a subsequent misunderstanding with communication to follow coming from that #Because of course lol OF COURSE #But I’m suuuuuch a big fan of characters working through things and settling on something even more beautiful #So I just wjdnwndnd I FROTH

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