Happy Thomas Resurrection Day!
I’m a little late but I hope it’s still okay to post this today. This is just my third flinthamilton fic because I’m not a writer and I’m not very good at writing this pairing so it terrifies me, but well, in honor of his resurrection I wanted to give it a try.
They are sitting in the living room after lunch. Each of them has a book in their hands and they are supposed to be reading but for a moment, Thomas looks at James and can see that even if the book is open, his mind is somewhere else. It’s the anniversary of Miranda’s death and Thomas is afraid that maybe he’s thinking about it.
“What’s on your mind?” Thomas asks.
“I’m not sure you want to know.” James says, looking at the pages again.
“Why shouldn’t I want to know?” Thomas raises his eyebrows, closes the book and rests it on his lap. “Your mind is full of brilliant things most of time.”
“Just most of the time?” James smirks.
“Yes. I wouldn’t say that declaring a war to England and risking your life in my name was exactly brilliant, wouldn’t you agree? It’s flattering… and extremely brave, dear… but I could have lost you because of it. And nothing that might lead to your death could ever be brilliant. I’m sure Miranda agreed with me.”
It’s been almost a year since they reunited and escaped the plantation and as hard as it is, at least now they are able to mention her without feeling like crying anymore. They know that’s not what she would have wanted. Because she would have wanted them to live life to the fullest, instead of living a life of grief and regrets. That is something that neither of them have ever doubted and they owe it to her to be happy.
“She did. Of course, she did. We had countless arguments about it. And she tried to convince me…” James shakes his head as he remembers those times. It still feels like it was yesterday.
“You can be proud of her.” James continues. “She tried her best to convince me. You know how she wanted us to start a new life, so that I could leave Captain Flint behind. As strong-minded and I guess, right, as she was, she wasn’t able to convince me. I said it was me who had to grant them my forgiveness… not the other way around. And I’m sorry, but that’s still how I feel. Just because you’re back, it doesn’t mean they didn’t ruin our lives.”
“James–”
Tag: go read it!
Stimulus – AstronautSquid – Black Sails [Archive of Our Own]
Rating: E
Pairing: James Flint/Thomas Hamilton
Tags: Domestic Bliss, Hurt/Comfort, Premature Ejaculation, Erectile Dysfunction, Character Study, pure millennial wish fullfillment: give me a cozy cottage and devoted lover, lethal amounts of fluff and porn, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Oral Sex, Cock Warming, Body Worship, so much cuddling—
After ten years of separation and hardship, their hearts love each other the same.
It’s their bodies that need longer to settle.
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“Don’t worry—” Thomas began.
James couldn’t bear it.
“I don’t understand,” he moaned wretchedly. “I’ve willed myself through unspeakable things, forced my body through starvation and war and sickness, and now, of all times—”
Thomas hushed him.
“Maybe it’s time that you don’t force yourself to do anything, for once. Is it any wonder that finally, after ten years of performing at the very limit of what is humanly sufferable, your flesh falters in the face of tenderness? Stop performing,” Thomas added softly and drew James’ face to him.
James submitted to the kisses readily, and was glad when Thomas let him bring him to orgasm again, using his fingers. It didn’t take very long and Thomas buried his face in James’ neck afterwards, as if embarrassed by how quickly he had gone off. They had spent so many mornings and nights making unhurried love back in London, fucking lazily for hours to draw out the pleasure, and now the best they could manage was… this.
James’ face burned quietly, and he was glad that Thomas couldn’t see in the dark.
Stimulus – AstronautSquid – Black Sails [Archive of Our Own]
Okay, next chapter! It’s pretty angsty. Thomas and Anne do some angsty bonding. Thomas struggles with his guilt.
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The waist coat and boots came on quickly. He shifted around in the coat. It too felt like a foreign thing, unbelonging to the body that now wore it. He’d forgotten the weight of it, of the material and all those buttons—ridiculous, really. He placed the hat on his head, giving it a tug for good measure as he used to.
He stood facing the bed, unwilling to turn and face the mirror. When at last he did turn, his pulse quickened. There he was. His hair was much shorter now, with no queue, but even so the face that stared back at him was James McGraw. Everything was as it should be…and yet it was all horribly wrong.
His face carried more worry lines on it now; the lines curving beside his lips were deeper. And his eyes…Christ, were those his eyes? The same color as before, but somehow darker.
It was like someone had thrown a stone into his reflection and it had twisted on itself.
Chapter 6 of Into the Maelstrom is up on AO3
Sequel to A Hellish Alchemy, “Into the Maelstrom” chapters 1 & 2, are up on AO3
Yes, I also wrote a sequel that has also been collecting dust for a while as well. ;p
Summary:
James and Thomas return to New Providence and the swarm of British that await them there, both still struggling to overcome their personal demons. The Walrus and the Urca gold on her are in danger of being discovered by British forces, but John Silver worries that something “far more damaging” is going to be discovered as well, jeopardizing everything.
Courtesy Of Thomas Hamilton – FlintsGirl – Black Sails [Archive of Our Own]
Chapters: 3/8
Fandom: Black Sails
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Captain Flint/Thomas Hamilton, James McGraw/Thomas Hamilton
Characters: Captain Flint (Black Sails), James McGraw, Thomas Hamilton, Miranda Hamilton, Miranda Barlow, Alfred Hamilton, Admiral Hennessey, Various Other Familiar Faces
Additional Tags: Violence, Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Homophobia, cure the gay, Aftermath of Violence, slight AU, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Fluff (eventually), Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Fluffy Ending
Summary:Attempt to answer Pirate Prompt of “What if James had been sent to Bethlem instead of Thomas”.
Courtesy Of Thomas Hamilton – FlintsGirl – Black Sails [Archive of Our Own]
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