“Curses can be broken,” Stede argues. “Think you’ve got it backwards, mate.” Edward smiles, a sad one, heavy with years of sorrow. “I was always a monster. Spent my life being terrible.” He shakes his head. “I'm not a man cursed to be a monster, I’m a monster cursed to be a man.” — OR A lighthouse keeper/kraken au #fanfiction #au #edward_teach/stede_bonnet #ofmd