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“You guys do a lot of quizzing together?” Ed asks.
“We compete in a pub quiz league. North West champions, last year.” Lucius boasts. “What about you guys?”
“Done bits, here and there. Izzy got to the final of University Challenge, back in, what, 1988? I won a bit of cash on The Chase a few years ago, and Fang is a Mastermind champion.”
Ah, shit. They are going to get demolished.
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Or: Stede and Ed are captains of rival teams on the TV quiz show Only Connect, and then cuteness ensues.
“MARY?!”, Ed’s partner yelled in return.
Mary, he had said.
Ed’s entire body froze on the spot, and he felt ill, and he couldn't turn around, he couldn't look, but at the same time, he needed to know. He tried to turn to them, but it's like he had been crucified to the wall.
“Oh my God! Stede!”, the woman said loudly – happily. She was happy to see him. Oh no. No no.
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Mary and Doug accidently end up on Ed and Stede's inn, and now Ed has to deal with that :) because I enjoy putting them in situations.
They’ve talked about Stede’s past enough that Ed knows that his parents and his ex-wife never made any kind of fuss over his birthday. Ed is going to change all that—he’s going to make a big fuss! Not a huge fuss, though. It’s early in their relationship, and he doesn’t want to scare Stede off. He’s pretty sure it’s too soon to propose or ask to move in together, even though he knows he’s all in on this beautiful, bitchy lunatic of a man.
Fortunately, Ed now knows just the gift to get for Stede. Something that will show that Ed cares for and listens to him. It’s perfect.
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Ed plans the perfect birthday for Stede. He makes a list and everything! But things do not go as planned....
Dr. Stede Bonnet is about to present on a conference panel with rockstar academic Dr. Ed Teach. Stede's always admired Teach, who had cited Stede's book in his most recent article. Which would be exciting, except for one small thing.
The citation got Stede's name wrong.