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It's Fine. It's Always Fine. (Even When It's Not) by LivingInATimeOf_Ships
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
17 Jul 2025
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"That's fine, too. He ignores it when his hands begin to shake and his fingertips grow cold. He nearly falls from the rigging one day after stretching too far, black dots scattering across his vision, and Izzy catches himself just in time. No one sees. He stares down at the deck below, where everyone is resting in the warm sun, and wonders if it would really have been so bad to let himself fall. To break into a thousand tiny shards across the surface of the deck he swabs multiple times a day.
The deck would be so easy a death, he decides, staring down at it longingly. So simple, to just let his fingers slip. They would all think it was an accident. He doubts they'd even wait for his body to cool before dumping him over the side.
His fingers twitch on the ropes. He sighs heavily, tucking his face into them, breathing in the scent of salt air and tar."
Izzy experiences the piratical version of rejection sensitive dysphoria. It will be ok. Heavy on the angst.