Jim took in a quick breath. This was it, the moment that they and Archie and the other Merry People have been waiting for.
Their biggest mark yet, a noble’s home. All Jim had to do was climb up this balcony and get inside, and all her coin would be theirs.
Some movement came from the curtain.
1/
Their biggest mark yet, a noble’s home. All Jim had to do was climb up this balcony and get inside, and all her coin would be theirs.
Some movement came from the curtain.
1/
October 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#OFMDSkyFic Short and sweet, let's see how quick I can write this outta my head.
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
#OFMDSkyFic Short and sweet, let's see how quick I can write this outta my head.
October 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Hobnobbing is part 5 of the series. Mostly Stede POV, T rated, just under 6k. Did I mention these boys do a lot of pining??
archiveofourown.org/works/71308571
#ofmdskyfic #gentlebeard
archiveofourown.org/works/71308571
#ofmdskyfic #gentlebeard
October 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Hobnobbing is part 5 of the series. Mostly Stede POV, T rated, just under 6k. Did I mention these boys do a lot of pining??
archiveofourown.org/works/71308571
#ofmdskyfic #gentlebeard
archiveofourown.org/works/71308571
#ofmdskyfic #gentlebeard
Ngl this #ofmdskyfic needed a bit of editing, so it’s been tidied and expanded slightly on ao3 (T rated, ~900 words): archiveofourown.org/works/71872686
Please enjoy me—I mean, Stede—being bad at things that require physical coordination 😅
Please enjoy me—I mean, Stede—being bad at things that require physical coordination 😅
The Rental Car 🚙 (a short #ofmdskyfic)
“Ah, here it is!” Stede said brightly. “Rather compact, but since 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 didn’t make the reservation in time…”
“Yeah, well. So used to you being a control freak about travel plans that I thought you were doing it.”
“Ah, here it is!” Stede said brightly. “Rather compact, but since 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 didn’t make the reservation in time…”
“Yeah, well. So used to you being a control freak about travel plans that I thought you were doing it.”
October 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Ngl this #ofmdskyfic needed a bit of editing, so it’s been tidied and expanded slightly on ao3 (T rated, ~900 words): archiveofourown.org/works/71872686
Please enjoy me—I mean, Stede—being bad at things that require physical coordination 😅
Please enjoy me—I mean, Stede—being bad at things that require physical coordination 😅
The Rental Car 🚙 (a short #ofmdskyfic)
“Ah, here it is!” Stede said brightly. “Rather compact, but since 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 didn’t make the reservation in time…”
“Yeah, well. So used to you being a control freak about travel plans that I thought you were doing it.”
“Ah, here it is!” Stede said brightly. “Rather compact, but since 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 didn’t make the reservation in time…”
“Yeah, well. So used to you being a control freak about travel plans that I thought you were doing it.”
October 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Rental Car 🚙 (a short #ofmdskyfic)
“Ah, here it is!” Stede said brightly. “Rather compact, but since 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 didn’t make the reservation in time…”
“Yeah, well. So used to you being a control freak about travel plans that I thought you were doing it.”
“Ah, here it is!” Stede said brightly. “Rather compact, but since 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 didn’t make the reservation in time…”
“Yeah, well. So used to you being a control freak about travel plans that I thought you were doing it.”
Oh goodness, I forgot to bump the #ofmdskyfic! Which is complete, though the series is not ❤️
Today’s update: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
From the beginning: archiveofourown.org/works/71308571
Link to the series: archiveofourown.org/series/4832431
Today’s update: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
From the beginning: archiveofourown.org/works/71308571
Link to the series: archiveofourown.org/series/4832431
September 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Oh goodness, I forgot to bump the #ofmdskyfic! Which is complete, though the series is not ❤️
Today’s update: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
From the beginning: archiveofourown.org/works/71308571
Link to the series: archiveofourown.org/series/4832431
Today’s update: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
From the beginning: archiveofourown.org/works/71308571
Link to the series: archiveofourown.org/series/4832431
Pirate friends, this #ofmdskyfic is complete! Let’s see how our professors’ afternoon together winds up…
On ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
On ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
September 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Pirate friends, this #ofmdskyfic is complete! Let’s see how our professors’ afternoon together winds up…
On ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
On ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
“Give me a sec”—that means five minutes—“and we can go to that gelato place Ed recommended… and maybe after, I can reenact what I do with the spoon on you?”
Izzy’s lips quirk up. He reaches out and squeezes Lucius’s thigh. “Take all the time you need.”
4/4
🎨🦈
#sprizzy
#ofmdskyfic
Izzy’s lips quirk up. He reaches out and squeezes Lucius’s thigh. “Take all the time you need.”
4/4
🎨🦈
#sprizzy
#ofmdskyfic
September 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“Give me a sec”—that means five minutes—“and we can go to that gelato place Ed recommended… and maybe after, I can reenact what I do with the spoon on you?”
Izzy’s lips quirk up. He reaches out and squeezes Lucius’s thigh. “Take all the time you need.”
4/4
🎨🦈
#sprizzy
#ofmdskyfic
Izzy’s lips quirk up. He reaches out and squeezes Lucius’s thigh. “Take all the time you need.”
4/4
🎨🦈
#sprizzy
#ofmdskyfic
Blowing off some steam in today’s #ofmdskyfic update!
Also on ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
Also on ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
September 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Blowing off some steam in today’s #ofmdskyfic update!
Also on ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
Also on ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
Here’s today’s portion of #ofmdskyfic, friends! It was ages ago that I mentioned writing some critiques of workplace drinking culture, but! Here they are…
On ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
On ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
September 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Here’s today’s portion of #ofmdskyfic, friends! It was ages ago that I mentioned writing some critiques of workplace drinking culture, but! Here they are…
On ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
On ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/713085...
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, Ed thinks. The end of…𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯. Can you really call what they’ve been doing a fake date? Is it a date at all? Mini golf with your pretend boyfriend and his kids must be in a category all its own.
#ofmdskyfic #ofmdfanfic #ofmdfic #gentlebeard
Part 5 ⬇️
#ofmdskyfic #ofmdfanfic #ofmdfic #gentlebeard
Part 5 ⬇️
Sailing Over a Cardboard Sea is a #gentlebeard fake dating AU, with several skyfics in the series! Fun and flirty and So. Much. Pining ❤️
archiveofourown.org/series/4832431
#ofmdskyfic
archiveofourown.org/series/4832431
#ofmdskyfic
September 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, Ed thinks. The end of…𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯. Can you really call what they’ve been doing a fake date? Is it a date at all? Mini golf with your pretend boyfriend and his kids must be in a category all its own.
#ofmdskyfic #ofmdfanfic #ofmdfic #gentlebeard
Part 5 ⬇️
#ofmdskyfic #ofmdfanfic #ofmdfic #gentlebeard
Part 5 ⬇️
Me: oh, that #ofmdskyfic doesn’t necessarily need a sequel
Also me: *checks weather forecast to see if this weekend is a good time to look at prairie grasses*
(ICYMI, it’s here too: archiveofourown.org/works/70384186)
☔️❤️
Also me: *checks weather forecast to see if this weekend is a good time to look at prairie grasses*
(ICYMI, it’s here too: archiveofourown.org/works/70384186)
☔️❤️
Ed Teach is relieved when the rain finally lets up. He was dreading dragging himself out into the steady rain to take his stupid little walk for his stupid mental health, but it had to be done: if he missed a day and broke his streak, he knew he’d never start it up again.
#ofmdskyfic #gentlebeard
#ofmdskyfic #gentlebeard
September 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Me: oh, that #ofmdskyfic doesn’t necessarily need a sequel
Also me: *checks weather forecast to see if this weekend is a good time to look at prairie grasses*
(ICYMI, it’s here too: archiveofourown.org/works/70384186)
☔️❤️
Also me: *checks weather forecast to see if this weekend is a good time to look at prairie grasses*
(ICYMI, it’s here too: archiveofourown.org/works/70384186)
☔️❤️
Okely dokely, this #ofmdskyfic is now complete on ao3 as well! ☔️❤️ T rated, 8k, silly and sweet!
The latest chapter: archiveofourown.org/works/703841...
#ofmdfic #ofmdfanfic #gentlebeard
The latest chapter: archiveofourown.org/works/703841...
#ofmdfic #ofmdfanfic #gentlebeard
Ed was expecting to see Stede in similar attire as when they met: a brightly colored shirt and some relatively conservative slacks, most likely. Something in that general vicinity, anyway.
He was 𝘯𝘰𝘵 prepared to see Stede in full EF Education First cycling gear from about five years ago.
He was 𝘯𝘰𝘵 prepared to see Stede in full EF Education First cycling gear from about five years ago.
September 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Okely dokely, this #ofmdskyfic is now complete on ao3 as well! ☔️❤️ T rated, 8k, silly and sweet!
The latest chapter: archiveofourown.org/works/703841...
#ofmdfic #ofmdfanfic #gentlebeard
The latest chapter: archiveofourown.org/works/703841...
#ofmdfic #ofmdfanfic #gentlebeard
This #ofmdskyfic is complete!! ☔️❤️ I’ll get the last bit up on ao3 shortly!
Ed was expecting to see Stede in similar attire as when they met: a brightly colored shirt and some relatively conservative slacks, most likely. Something in that general vicinity, anyway.
He was 𝘯𝘰𝘵 prepared to see Stede in full EF Education First cycling gear from about five years ago.
He was 𝘯𝘰𝘵 prepared to see Stede in full EF Education First cycling gear from about five years ago.
September 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This #ofmdskyfic is complete!! ☔️❤️ I’ll get the last bit up on ao3 shortly!
Bumpy bump for this #ofmdskyfic update ☔️❤️
The next day, Ed doesn’t mind going to work nearly as much as he normally does. He suspects it's too soon to expect Stede to come by, but he can hope. Even the possibility makes it easier to face his many obligations.
September 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Bumpy bump for this #ofmdskyfic update ☔️❤️
Some more #ofmdskyfic to bring some nonsense to your day ☔️❤️
Stede, however, seems to have lost the plot somewhat, forgetting that Ed is still sitting there bare-legged, in his own emergency boxers. “Uh,” Ed says. “Believe you promised me a full set of dry clothes?”
September 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Some more #ofmdskyfic to bring some nonsense to your day ☔️❤️
I did it!! Another chunk of #ofmdskyfic! ☔️ with apologies to the 🚳 club for the direction I decided to go 😅
But Stede looks so innocently pleased to be doing something nice for him that Ed feels like he really ought to get his mind out of the gutter. He swallows thickly. “Thanks,” he replies, accepting the shirt from Stede’s hand.
September 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I did it!! Another chunk of #ofmdskyfic! ☔️ with apologies to the 🚳 club for the direction I decided to go 😅
This #ofmdskyfic is now fully up-to-date on ao3 (mildly edited bc I am who I am): archiveofourown.org/works/703841... ☔️
Even though we have bookmarks/saves now, I’ll always cross-post ❤️
Even though we have bookmarks/saves now, I’ll always cross-post ❤️
But Stede looks so innocently pleased to be doing something nice for him that Ed feels like he really ought to get his mind out of the gutter. He swallows thickly. “Thanks,” he replies, accepting the shirt from Stede’s hand.
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This #ofmdskyfic is now fully up-to-date on ao3 (mildly edited bc I am who I am): archiveofourown.org/works/703841... ☔️
Even though we have bookmarks/saves now, I’ll always cross-post ❤️
Even though we have bookmarks/saves now, I’ll always cross-post ❤️
A thought - The Gorge but Ed is Levi and Stede is Drasa. Damn I wish I could write. #OFMDSkyfic
March 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A thought - The Gorge but Ed is Levi and Stede is Drasa. Damn I wish I could write. #OFMDSkyfic
This #ofmdskyfic is done! And up-to-date on ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/658599...
Hope you enjoy ❤️
Hope you enjoy ❤️
May 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This #ofmdskyfic is done! And up-to-date on ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/658599...
Hope you enjoy ❤️
Hope you enjoy ❤️
June 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#OFMDSkyfic 🦆🦆🦆
Stede was a creature of habit. He liked the sameness to his days. The same breakfast, the same walk to work, the same desk he sat at, the same bench he ate his lunch at when it was warm. He liked knowing how his day was going to go.
Until Wednesday.
Until the duck incident.
Stede was a creature of habit. He liked the sameness to his days. The same breakfast, the same walk to work, the same desk he sat at, the same bench he ate his lunch at when it was warm. He liked knowing how his day was going to go.
Until Wednesday.
Until the duck incident.
March 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
#OFMDSkyfic 🦆🦆🦆
Stede was a creature of habit. He liked the sameness to his days. The same breakfast, the same walk to work, the same desk he sat at, the same bench he ate his lunch at when it was warm. He liked knowing how his day was going to go.
Until Wednesday.
Until the duck incident.
Stede was a creature of habit. He liked the sameness to his days. The same breakfast, the same walk to work, the same desk he sat at, the same bench he ate his lunch at when it was warm. He liked knowing how his day was going to go.
Until Wednesday.
Until the duck incident.
I’ve started cross-posting this #ofmdskyfic on AO3; I don’t have this new part up yet, but I’ll work on that now. I do appreciate when people QP the new segment of a skyfic, so I’ll do that each time along with the ao3 link ❤️
archiveofourown.org/works/63335098
archiveofourown.org/works/63335098
After a bit of swiping and tapping, he turns the phone around so Ed can see. Ed pulls his reading glasses out of his pocket—since about a year ago, he’s had to give in and look the part—and peers at it. “Structural Features Related to Tree Crotch Strength,” he reads aloud.
February 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’ve started cross-posting this #ofmdskyfic on AO3; I don’t have this new part up yet, but I’ll work on that now. I do appreciate when people QP the new segment of a skyfic, so I’ll do that each time along with the ao3 link ❤️
archiveofourown.org/works/63335098
archiveofourown.org/works/63335098
I've updated my #ofmdskyfic 🥰
When Ed arrives to the Pink Unicorn Agency, everybody have a skincare mask Wee John suggested they really really need, while they chewing something sweet and taking a cup coffee.
"You know how to take care of yourself, don't you?"
"You know how to take care of yourself, don't you?"
February 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I've updated my #ofmdskyfic 🥰