In Which Meetings Are Had and A Tiger Baiting Ends in a Fight and a Reunion

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Fandom: Black Sails

Relationship: Miranda Barlow/Captain Flint/Thomas Hamilton

Characters: James McGraw, Thomas Hamilton, Miranda Barlow, Charles Vane, Eleanor Guthrie, various OCs, Captain Flint, Alfred Hamilton, Peter Ashe, James Norrington, Lawrence Norrington, Admiral Hennessey, assorted historical personages

Additional Tags: In which there are politics and plots, and also a fair amount of fluff, no seriously Thomas and Miranda are too cute together, Thomas has Adventures, James needs a blanket, and Miranda needs her men to stop getting themselves into these situations, Eventual Happy Ending

Summary:

“The capture was our work,” Cooper said. “Any profits made belong to all of us. I’ve kept quiet up til now because – well, I’m feared of him, and there’s the truth, but he’s gone too far. He’s starting to get the men grumbling. I don’t want them getting killed on account of Martel, and I don’t appreciate his little sideline. It’s not right, what they’re doing – I’ve said so from the beginning.”

Thomas nodded to Cooper.

“Thank you.” He turned back to Teach. “I trust,” he said quietly, “that I don’t need to tell you what might happen if the men on this island start to resent you?”

“And what is your concern if they do?” Teach was watching them closely now. Thomas raised one eyebrow and inclined his head in an approximation of a shrug.

“Aside from being naturally averse to violence, I have none,” he answered. “I intend to have a chat with Captain Martel. As a courtesy, given the information I’ve just handed you, I would ask you not to interfere when I go to meet him.”

“You dress as one of us but you speak like an educated man, and you say you have business with Martel. Would your business happen to concern the young naval officer being kept like a chained tiger by Martel and his crew?”

Thomas said nothing, and Teach sat back.

“You’re his contact in London.”

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