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[Podfic] An end to suffering (we help each other) by fancryptid, peasina
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
24 Jun 2026
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Lucius has caught some kind of ship plague; he's having coughing fits, and he's sweating but he's freezing. It's absolutely miserable. And, worse, it's only a matter of time before someone hears him cough and tears the walls open looking for him.
So, Lucius leaves the walls on his terms—ready to face his fate, come what may.
Then, Izzy finds him.
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When Izzy and Stede first meet, it's with a literal bang: the sound of Stede's car ramming into Izzy's bumper in a classic parking lot fender bender. Things could have easily ended there, except Stede can't stop thinking about the irate guy in the black muscle car. And despite his best efforts, Izzy can't get the ridiculous man in the periwinkle blue hatchback out of his mind.
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Give Me Those Shivers Down My Spine by fancryptid for Sweven
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
31 Jan 2025
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It's supposed to be Ed and Stede's first outing as ghost hunting duo. Their destination? A haunted hotel up in the mountains, cut off from civilization. But in a twist of fate and bad luck, it's production manager Izzy who gets stuck with Stede in the building overnight. In a snowstorm. Alone, except for maybe a spectral guest or two. As strange things keep happening and the storm intensifies, Izzy and Stede need to figure out how to survive the night. If they could only stop bickering first.
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When Rita lugs a refurbished video game cabinet onto the Carte Blanche, a battle ensues between members of the crew to keep their spot on the high score list. Can anyone stop the ship from devolving into total chaos?
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When Lucius gets sent on an errand by Stede—his magicless boss who is currently shacking up with Blackbeard, the most notorious sorcerer in history—he’s expecting a mild disaster at best. That’s how these things usually go. What he gets instead is an introduction to Izzy Hands: talented purveyor of magical items, secretive shut-in, and just the kind of handsome that Lucius finds difficult to resist.
Lucius is thinking that charming Izzy will be his biggest challenge of the day, but neither of them can know about the old enemy of Edward's lurking nearby in the shadows. If they don't quickly figure out how to work together, Blackbeard's past might just overshadow the sparks (both magical and not) flying between them.
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When a palace thief gets caught red-handed, she gets an unexpected introduction to the king of the realm, his brilliant consort, and their protective Captain of the Guard. It doesn't take long to realize there's more to their relationship than immediately meets the eye.
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- Part 1 of Knight King Consort
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No one left alive knows that Izzy isn’t strictly human, and he’s worked damn hard to keep it that way. He’s perfectly content to live the rest of his life without speaking the truth to anyone–Edward included–shoving any and all yearning for the sea and his true form down deep inside him where it belongs. He is, after all, good at denying himself what he wants most.
It's all going smoothly right up until Stede throws his life into utter chaos. Again. In the aftermath of a storm and a captain gone overboard, Izzy has to contend with the consequences of a lifetime’s worth of secrets being suddenly brought to light.
Hopefully he can do that before things go too disastrously off the rails.
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Arms wrap around his waist from behind, prompting Juno to lean back into the warmth of a familiar frame, the scent of cologne wafting over him as he moves. Juno is struck with the reality of it all over again:
Him and Nureyev, together. Back in Hyperion City. Forging a future for themselves like deep space adventurers charting a new, unexplored frontier. It’s as thrilling as it is terrifying.
Post S5 speculation: In the not-so-distant future, Juno and Nureyev move in together. This is an exploration of what they bring with them, what they leave behind, and the things that come together to make a place a home.
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Being a vendor the renaissance faire used to hold a certain magic for Edward, though his enthusiasm for it has faded over the years. He's considering walking away from it all when Stede Bonnet, a budding costuming enthusiast, stumbles into both his shop and his life.
It's a chance encounter that could just as easily change their lives for the better as it could derail them completely—either way, the ensuing drama gives the rest of the faire plenty of a show.
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It was a dark and stormy night. A vampire lurks in his castle, alone and hungry, waiting for prey in the form of an innocent traveler to arrive on his doorstep. This will play out exactly the way you think.
Wait, no. That isn’t quite right. Let’s try again:
It was a dark and stormy night. A vampire is minding his own business, his assistant won't stop meddling, and there's a traveler at the door who won’t take no for an answer. Not all is as it seems.
There. That's better.
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Rita stops her rummaging, another surprise wave of emotion sending her reeling. Because she hadn’t really wanted to be all on her lonesome, feeling like this. Even if it is silly and embarrassing. And if anyone on the ship can understand what she’s going through, it’s Mr. Steel. Probably.
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Sometimes all you need is a little help from your best friend.
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- Part 2 of Love Languages
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Thanks to one sob story and Angelo's big heart, he and Ale get roped into participating in Silvershore's annual "Tournament of Hearts:" a series of challenges made to test the city's most ardent lovers. Nevermind that they most definitely aren't romantically involved.
Still, it shouldn't be a problem to put on a show, win the prize, right an old wrong, and absolutely not get tangled up in their messy feelings for one another—all without letting the audience or the judges realize their relationship is a sham.
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Forever Love Day: in turn a celebration and the bane of his existence. It’s been both beautiful and awful, some days bittersweet and some saccharine, others eventful and many entirely forgettable. They’d been spent with friends, family, strangers, lovers… and not one had meant anything more or less because of the candy, the decorations, or the promise of some corporate-mandated gesture of romance.
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Five glimpses into different Forever Love Days over the course of Juno’s life.
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It’s funny, in a way. He’s heard people say that about their homes before, or else other places where they feel most comfortable: I could navigate it blind. What does it say about him, then, that a tomb is the place he knows best?
Long before Nureyev stole the title King of Thieves, he was just a young monster recklessly in love. But love alone is not enough to right old wrongs. That’s why he does what he can, when he can, to pay penance to the one who deserves it from him most.
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- Part 2 of The Ruby Red Rose Universe
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For most of his life, Nureyev has made it a habit not to rely on anyone when it counts. When he’s wounded, he tends to it himself. When he needs something done, he does it alone. He hadn’t thought he’d minded it all that much until this moment, watching Juno hold his shaky hands steady.
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Nureyev is uncharacteristically shaken after a job. Juno helps him out with a bit of self-care.
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- Part 1 of Love Languages
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Former Knight of the Citadel Juno Steel has been taught one thing all his life: never, under any circumstances, trust a monster.
But when one cursed to take the form of an (infuriatingly handsome) human thief forces him into a bad deal, it seems like he has no choice but to play along—at least until he can figure out what is really going on inside the creature's ruby-studded manor, and what secrets are lurking behind that stunning foxlike smile.
But playing along gradually becomes something more earnest for the both of them—and if they’re not careful, it could be more than their hearts on the line. Lives are at stake, and war between human and monster is only ever one small incident away.
(A Junoverse Beauty and the Beast + Second Citadel AU)
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- Part 1 of The Ruby Red Rose Universe
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When the Stars Burn (They Burn For You) by fancryptid
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
29 Sep 2021
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The rogue crew of the Starship Magnus gets more than they bargained for while trying to beat their nefarious boss to an ancient alien artifact. In the process, Jonathan Sims discovers that sometimes all you need to awaken long-dead secrets is a little fresh blood.
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Martin has hidden his magical ability to grow and heal plants all his life. It’s serving him well as the owner of a small flower shop, and despite being a little lonely, there’s really nothing more he could want out of life. Things change when a frazzled man stumbles into the shop with a problem only Martin can fix.
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Bruno Bronze—AKA Juno Steel—is practically a household name to bookworms across Mars. For better and for worse. It’s a good thing almost no one knows the two men are one and the same.
An AU in which Juno is a bestselling crime author, writing under a pseudonym and using his stories to take shots at the rich and powerful of Hyperion City. All his plots are inspired by actual unsolved crimes, many of which he’s beginning to suspect were perpetrated by the same thief.
It’s all business as usual, right up until the real-life thief takes notice.
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Jon sees too much of his old self in Martin, and he's sure that will get the man killed if he keeps poking around the supernatural. It's what happened to him after all—Jonathan Sims hasn't had a pulse in months. Not that it puts Martin off at all. He's as drawn to his sardonic new vampire acquaintance as he is rightly afraid of him.
So begins a new working relationship that might turn into something more... if the nefarious forces of London and their own personal demons don't tear them apart first.