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Best Edward Teach Mutual Pining Fanfics

The best mutual pining fanfiction featuring Edward Teach (OFMD) on AO3, curated by popularity. The delicious frustration of obvious mutual attraction, the anticipation of them finally realizing the truth, and the emotional payoff.

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Top Edward Teach Mutual Pining Fic Recs

2 mutual pining fics featuring Edward Teach, followed by other top-rated stories.

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echo your name (call it love)

Mutual Pining

by treescape · BlackBonnet

“I mean, you kind of did the same thing yesterday,” Lucius tells him afterwards, when they’re reviewing the day’s adventure for the logbook. Ed’s somewhere out on deck, which is a very good thing, since Stede is having a bit of a panic. “And the day before, and the day before—”“Did I really?” Stede

9,553 kudos 1,675 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Invitations

Mutual Pining

by SquirrelGlider · Gentlebeard

Parties can be like magical worlds with their own rules and logic. Liminal spaces where the outside world doesn’t exist and you can dare to be a different version of yourself. Ed and Stede find quiet places to be together, alone, at parties and get to know each other. They may also find out a lot ab

15 kudos 36,679 words 8/8 chapters Mature
3

Close Quarters

by FortinbrasFTW · BlackBonnet

“The fuck?” Ed manages, instantly getting his foot stuck in a nearby bucket. “Sh-shh!” Stede pushes two fingers against his lips to shut him up. Ed goes still and a bit cross-eyed, staring down at the hand on his mouth. Stede moves it away, with a mouthed “sorry!” focusing intently on the soun

25,464 kudos 4,226 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
4

Reeling from the fall

by cormoranth · BlackBonnet

“Right,” the stranger said quietly, calmly, a friendly lilting cadence to his words. “I think you should tell Doug not to try and be a hero tonight. Tell him that if he likes you with all your fingers attached and if he likes not knowing what those fingers taste like, then he should probably stay wh

12,748 kudos 2,198 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
5

put me back together

by ShowMeAHero · BlackBonnet

Stede can’t help crying out in pain, in the next beat, finally giving in when an instinctive sound comes up. It’s loud, and the crew goes dead silent around him.Stede doesn’t even notice. He’s just trying to breathe, skin tugging painfully, when a door bangs open at the opposite end of the ship.“Wha

12,598 kudos 4,219 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
6

when you love it

by mia_ugly · BlackBonnet

Stede’s being kissed before the door fully clicks shut behind him.

12,409 kudos 5,759 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
7

Break down, it's alright

by rowenablade · BlackBonnet

“Give me a reason not to carve your heart out,” Ed whispers.And Stede can’t think of one.He can think of plenty of reasons he doesn’t want his heart carved out, but how could he expect any of them to matter to Ed?“Stede.” Ed’s voice breaks, dragging Stede’s eyes back up from where they’ve been stari

11,149 kudos 3,224 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
8

we were warnings

by mia_ugly · BlackBonnet

Stede comes back.Ed does too. It just takes a little longer.

10,786 kudos 13,156 words 2/2 chapters Explicit
9

A Night At Blackbeards's Bar and Grill

by soft_october · BlackBonnet

“Look - I don’t usually do this, but I am the food critic for The Anchor, and it’s imperative that I -”“Oh, a food critic! Well that changes things.”“Does it?”“Sure. What was that name again?”“Stede Bonnet. Food Critic, Stede Bonnet.”“Right. Well, fuck off, Food Critic Stede Bonnet. Blackbeard’s Bar

10,528 kudos 5,529 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
10

Revenge

by feriowind · BlackBonnet

An offering to the Kraken goes awry.-- Multi-page comic set post S1.

10,486 kudos 0 5/5 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
11

do no harm, take no shit

by holsmi · BlackBonnet

Mary Bonnet receives some uninvited guests.

9,816 kudos 2,181 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
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separating salt from water

by morian · BlackBonnet

"Hey." Ed reaches across because it's the only thing that feels right. He grasps Stede's wrist and smoothes the pad of his thumb across his knuckles. Stede stops fiddling with his ring and looks up at him, wide-eyed. "This isn't Captain shit. This is God shit. Are you God?" The room is blank with si

9,587 kudos 6,082 words 1/1 chapters Mature

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Edward Teach in Mutual Pining Fanfiction

Edward Teach — The legendary Blackbeard, tired of his reputation and longing for something real. His vulnerability beneath the fearsome exterior is everything.

Mutual Pining — Both characters are in love with each other but believe their feelings are unrequited. Readers can see the truth while characters remain oblivious.

The delicious frustration of obvious mutual attraction, the anticipation of them finally realizing the truth, and the emotional payoff. Edward Teach's (also known as Blackbeard, Ed) role in OFMD makes them a natural fit for mutual pining storylines, which is why this combination is one of the most popular in OFMD fanfiction.

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