Heart stealing, heart breaking Blackbeard. If that's what Izzy wants... Ed's not above taking matters in hand to get his message across. Better than apologizing, or admitting he probably is in love with stupid fucking Stede Bonnet and that he will choose Stede nearly every time...because he's that far gone for him.
He grabs Izzy by the front of his shirt and hauls him backwards, flipping him around at the last second to pin his front to the rail of the stairs. He stills Izzy's hands before he can draw a weapon, holding them toght behind his back as he leans into him--
"Listen to me--" he snarls in Izzy's ear. "You serve at MY pleasure--that is the promise I made to you. I can break that off whenever I deem necessary. Bonnet is under my protection until I tire of him--yes, because he's neat. Those are my orders."
"And I don't have patience for you questioning those orders. When either you or Bonnet have outlived your purpose, it will be MY decision whether or not to keep you alive." Which is a threat with considerably less bite to it in a world where death isn't a permanent state of being.
"But remember. You'll come back. Again," he tightens his hold on Izzy's wrists and twists, "and again," another twist of his wrists, "and again. Wonder how many toes I could cut off before the Captain decides enough is enough?"
/spends too long looking for a kraken icon, gives up
He grabs Izzy by the front of his shirt and hauls him backwards, flipping him around at the last second to pin his front to the rail of the stairs. He stills Izzy's hands before he can draw a weapon, holding them toght behind his back as he leans into him--
"Listen to me--" he snarls in Izzy's ear. "You serve at MY pleasure--that is the promise I made to you. I can break that off whenever I deem necessary. Bonnet is under my protection until I tire of him--yes, because he's neat. Those are my orders."
"And I don't have patience for you questioning those orders. When either you or Bonnet have outlived your purpose, it will be MY decision whether or not to keep you alive." Which is a threat with considerably less bite to it in a world where death isn't a permanent state of being.
"But remember. You'll come back. Again," he tightens his hold on Izzy's wrists and twists, "and again," another twist of his wrists, "and again. Wonder how many toes I could cut off before the Captain decides enough is enough?"