Our Flag Means Death AUs
I’m CartoonMayor on AO3, and here are my OFMD fics!
Rated E, 16k words
Ed is an ex-Olympic skier and the special guest at Stede's corporate retreat. Stede's a divorcee who's been lying about a boyfriend. But they didn't book Ed a room... and there's only one bed.
(fake dating; only one bed)
Rated E, 33k words
When Prince Stede Bonnet saw his betrothed for the first time, he very nearly blushed.
(arranged marriage; medieval)
Rated E, 29k words
Ed propositions the man with the curls one night at his bar for some casual fun. When Curls turns out to be the owner of the new queer cafe down the block (and also Ed’s dream man), things get a little complicated.
(coffeshop; pining while fucking)
Rated E, 39k words
Ed is a high-powered executive who hires Stede as an escort to pretend to be his partner to boost his image within his company.
(pining while fucking; angst with a happy ending)
Rated E, 33k
Ed and Stede have been best friends for ten years when Stede has to leave him behind to go to college. Ed will join him when he's graduated next year, but in the meantime, Stede's life is going to change a whole, whole lot.
(childhood friends to lovers; gender non-conforming Stede)
Smutty Gentlebeard one shots
36 one-shots of smutty fun, ranging from 1.5k - 16k
Little too long to be one shots, little too simple to have their own recs. Featuring monsterfucking, medieval AUs, and fake dating in Vegas (so far)
Rated E, 42k words
Edward, god of the dead, kidnaps Stede, god of spring. Greek Mythology ensues.
(greek gods; lore olympus adjacent)
Rated E, 32k words
A What We Do in the Shadows AU. In which Stede is kind of Nandor, Ed is kind of Guillermo, and Buttons is definitely Colin Robinson.
(vampires; pining)
Rated E, 67k words
Prince Stede of Bonnet is en route to be married to the King of Low when his ship is overtaken by pirates. Stede offers himself up to the Dread Pirate Blackbeard in exchange for freeing the rest of his people. He does not expect Blackbeard to propose marriage as a part of their agreement, but if it is a choice between the kind of monster Ned is and the kind of monster Blackbeard is, that is an exceedingly easy choice to make.
(marriage of convenience, pining while fucking)