The Deliberate Seduction of Izzy Hands by Declan Finch, Stable Hand

This is an offshoot story of my novel-length fic, The Accidental Seduction of Edward Teach by Stede Bonnet, Gentleman Pirate. That fic is canon divergent and splits off around the end of episode 8 and assumes that Calico Jack and Izzy never betrayed the crew, so the slow burn of Ed and Stede's relationship continued. (Read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/1219857630-the-accidental-seduction-of-edward-teach-by-stede)

This fic is sort of a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern moment that takes place around chapter 30, after Izzy has hooked up once with a man named Declan Finch. Declan was Stede's stable hand on Barbados and he followed Stede back to the Revenge after he went to tie up his old life. Declan holds a candle for Stede, but by this point has accepted he's with Ed.

I'm not sure how many people are interested in this side story, but it wouldn't leave my head. And since the other story is very strictly Ed's POV, this was the only way to tell it.

Smut implied, but not explicit. Declan is played by Jemaine Clement.