blackbonnet reunion and stede has bulked up a bit from all that rowing and from being physical, being a proper pirate working on the ship alongside the crew, maybe a bit of a beard, and he’s still a fancy man, still in nice clothes - maybe not as nice as his old wardrobe, but he’s stolen silk and fine clothes on raids and he still cleans up good - and there’s ed, a shadow of himself, fierce and terrifying, eyes dark with exhaustion and make up and look i’m just saying
i’m just saying stede should be able to pick him right up and sweep him off his literal feet and tell his darling that he looks tired, he looks handsome, he looks gorgeous, he looks like he needs to sleep
big strong fancy man stede bonnet carrying the dread pirate edward blackbeard teach to bed, putting him to sleep so he can finally rest