ella | XXVI | portugal | writer | I like books, art, tea, flowers, seasonal candles, music from the heart, and the sound of rain. | adeathlessgoddess on ao3
minor thing but another point against the "ed is just a naturally violent and temperamental guy whose moods switch on a dime" interpretation is that ed always warns people when they push him too far. he's honestly trying to set up a boundary. they just never listen.
ed and stede reading together in bed, and ed gently taking off stede's adorable glasses and putting them down safe whenever stede falls asleep with his book.
ed tying a silk bonnet around his hair to sleep and it matching the silk eye mask stede wears. actually, they probably have lots of matching sets and they end up sharing them all.
stede rubbing lip balm onto his lips from a little pot and ed thinking it smells good, like honey and flowers, so stede gently rubs some onto ed's lips too. they end up kissing and having to reapply it but it's the opposite of a problem.
their inn smelling like a combination of them both because they use the same soaps to wash their clothes and bedding, share the same colognes, and stede keeps pouches of lavender with their laundry to keep them extra fresh.
stede handing ed tea in the mornings with a kiss to his temple and a "there you go, sweetheart" and ed wrapping both hands around his cup with a happy sigh, and their feet always tangling together under their table at breakfast while they feed each other triangles of toast and marmalade.