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stede bonnet ( the gentleman pirate ) ([personal profile] bookery) wrote 2022-05-05 08:21 pm (UTC)

I had a wife and daughter, so I grew accustomed to buying those things. I saw no reason not to take some for myself when I left.

[ Stede is so accustomed to the finer things in life, having grown up with them, been wrapped in them since he was a youth. His hands weren't calloused, weren't damaged from a difficult work life; he was a pretty lordship in all ways. Comparing that to what Ed might have experienced as a youth...

It hurts him to think about it. ]


You have better options now. There's no point using rope when I have something nicer for you.

[ To Stede, something like hair and a beard is something to be taken care of. Ed has a reputation, but he also has a right to have self-care, a right to be cherished and feel good about himself, and the two do not always go together.

Careful fingers move to put the hair into a nice braid, a smile settled on his face. Ed is going to look quite handsome, he thinks, and that's a thrilling notion to tuck away to look at later. ]

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