Generation X AU where they ride motorcycles instead of pirate ships.
Stede and Ed briefly cross paths in 1988 at age 14, then again in 1991, then again in their 30s. Ed joins Bikers Against Child Abuse to be with Stede and they become a couple. Set in New Zealand. Burn so slow you only get occasional sparklers until the fireworks properly go off in chapter 11.
18 chapters. Complete.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/51067828/chapters/129024535