sleeves touching sleeves
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Lighthouse Bookshop had been there seemingly since time immemorial. Over forty years at that spot, sitting proud, a beacon at the heart of the community, and when the old owner decides to sell, it's the perfect vessel for Stede's odd restlessness.
And the building is connected to a famous cocktail bar run by a mad genius behind the stick.
One problem: Stede's still married.
ETA: Podfic available thanks to the inimitable KninjaKnitter at this link
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Ed's teaching a cocktail class, thinking about the one Stede attended. But Stede's long gone, and Ed doesn't know why.
And then, a knock at the door.
He can’t say why it happened but it sure had happened. They were there, after Stede finished for the day. Normal. It was pouring rain and the bar was empty. Regular. Ed closed early, because that’s a fucking perk of owning the place. Standard. They’d killed the music in favor of the rain pounding at the skylights and played cribbage at the bar.
All of it an average Tuesday night.
Except that Stede had been pouting about losing, listing the points in his crib with stubborn slowness, like if he stalled enough some more fifteens would materialize. Ed was tired of falling in love because he’d momentarily forgotten that it’s not the fall that kills you—it’s the ground.
So he’d kissed him. A small soft thing, the nervous thrum of Ed’s heartbeat making his head spin and his balance on the stool precarious.
“Sore loser,” Ed had said into the space between their smiles, and then started shuffling cards with a wink.
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- Part 2 of sleeves touching sleeves
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like i'm not made of stone by smallestchurch for wardrobespierre
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
25 Jun 2023
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It's another year after the end of Turn on the Light, another anniversary. And they've got one small thing to work out. Or, actually, two.
Podfic available by my personal superhero SD_Ryan right here.
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- Part 3 of sleeves touching sleeves