Endurance by Pez Summary: At nearly 50 years old, Stede Bonnet inadvertently ends up at the Winter Olympics, the sole competitor for Aotearoa New Zealand in biathlon. With barely three weeks notice, he’s out of depth and worries he’s not adequate. Ed “Blackbeard” Teach won 13 medals in the Summer Olympics for AoNZ two decades ago. Someone thought it was a good idea to bring former athletes to the Winter games—so here he is, taking selfies with figure skaters, going viral with the curlers, and freezing his ass off on the skeleton track. The media may think Stede’s got no hope, but Ed finds him fascinating. When Stede and Ed meet, the connection is instant. But as Stede’s events loom, will he be able to compete at the Olympic level? Will he disappoint his crew and his family back home? Worse, will he disappoint Ed? (Spoiler alert, no. Ed’s all in.)
Biathlete Stede exhausted at the finish line. Ed’s cheering in the stands :)
HEY! Who loves the Olympics? And also god fic?
I got to do some art for @petrichorca.bsky.social to go along with thiiiiiiis (archiveofourown.org/works/812344...)
And I just think you should check both out and enjoy 🙂↕️
#ofmd #ofmdfanart #gentlebeard #ofmdfic
![[ID: Title card for Contrary Desires created by latinkraken: Title card has a background of storm clouds over the ocean. In the distance to the left is a lighthouse. The colors are in muted grays. All the font is in white. In a line across the top are: 8k Words, Rated E, Sex work/Angst, beneath that in a smaller font and parenthesis is "but kind of fluffy." The title "Contrary Desires" in a rounded serif font. Below that is "By LyraTalise" in script. End ID]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lbw7awvormh43lb2de6ngaz3/bafkreib36ndecf6vdojttlezkt6of6arqspjk6gtjda5voapdupec2myca)
