StillWordgrrrl
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
"But something else beside the man’s cash box pulls his attention—something soft and odd and wonderful.
Stede darts toward it and gently picks it up.
A fabric doll.
It’s unlike any doll he’s seen before—adorable and strange in the best way. Mismatched buttons for eyes. Long silver hair. A scruffy gray beard. He wears what looks like an old-fashioned white linen shirt, grayish beige breeches, grey stockings, and black, buckled shoes. There are little tattoos embroidered on his arm—tiny anchors, stars, skulls, and a snake, among others, swirls of thread meant to look like ink.
Stede hugs it to his chest without thinking.
He loves it immediately."When they’re young, Stede and Ed each get a doll that looks uncannily like the other—though they’ve never met. They grow up just a few miles apart, treating their dolls like best friends: sewing them tiny outfits, bringing them along on every adventure, and confiding in them like old friends. It’s sweet, a little odd, and maybe even a touch magical.
Years later, when Stede and Ed finally cross paths as adults, they’re struck by a strange, impossible realization: each of them looks exactly like the other’s childhood doll.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 62,008
- Chapters:
- 26/26
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 385
- Kudos:
- 134
- Bookmarks:
- 33
- Hits:
- 2,616
Bookmarked by StillWordgrrrl
27 Apr 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Ed does not dream. He doesn't wake in the night, doesn't hear or see the shifting around him. And he never, never dreams.
Until one day, he does.
Ed lives in the mansion, where the wind always whispers and the sea always waits. As things begin to change around him, he has to hold onto the unshakeable truths: his room is safe. The skies are empty. Belongings disappear in the night. And he has always lived in the mansion.
Or has he?
Bookmarked by StillWordgrrrl
10 Mar 2026
-
Dreams Come True. Thanks to Fanfiction by DreamsOfJune (Victoriada)
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
13 Jun 2025
Tags
Summary
Escaping the dullness of everyday life, Stede wrote a pirate fanfic. But when the story took on a life of its own, it brought him success, recognition... and one very special reader.
Bookmarked by StillWordgrrrl
26 Feb 2026
-
Look at the Sea, Look at Me by DreamsOfJune (Victoriada)
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
16 Jun 2025
Tags
Summary
Stede constantly watches the ships as they sail along the coast. And Ed didn’t mind it, until this strange habit started to interfere with their domestic romance.
Bookmarked by StillWordgrrrl
26 Feb 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Twenty years ago, Ed spent one perfect winter night with a gorgeous stranger—only to wake up to an empty bed and a single note that left far more questions than answers. He’s built up his life since then, pouring his heart into a cozy, snow-glittered Bed & Breakfast in the mountains… but he’s never forgotten that night, or the man who slipped away before sunrise.
So when that very same man checks in with his entire family for the holidays, Ed is hit with a surge of unresolved feelings he's tried (and failed) to pack away over the years. Now he has to figure out how to face the past he’s never stopped thinking about, and what it might mean for his future.
Bookmarked by StillWordgrrrl
16 Jan 2026