#drummer stede bonnet
Text
Change of Pace
Chapter 1: A savior comes from out the skies in answer to their pleas
—————
Queen Anne’s Revenge needed a new drummer.
Jack had stormed out in a huff three months ago after another in a long line of screaming matches with Izzy over not overpowering the guitars and hadn’t returned. Izzy insisted he’d come crawling back eventually, but Ed had his doubts. Fang was doing a bang up job as a temporary stand in at their latest gigs, but Ed could tell from the way he looked over at his guitar case at practice with a longing sigh that they couldn’t go on like this for much longer.
After exhausting their network and coming up empty, even Izzy agreed that it was time to do what they never expected a band of their stature to ever have to do again—they booked a local venue for the day and held open tryouts.
It went about as well as they expected, which was badly. The usual suspects turned out in droves—teenage metalheads with passion and the beginnings of skill who weren’t quite there yet; aging rockers aiming to recapture their glory days by dusting off their rusty rhythm skills. There’d been a few promising options: a tattooed 25-year old with blue hair and solid skills, but a pop-punk background. A solemn, middle-aged Latina woman who kept incredible time but played too softly. But with only an hour left, Ed was about ready to call it. They’d tried.
He’d stepped back in from a smoke break and heard Izzy’s voice, sharp with irritation, punctuated by a softer, higher pitched voice that sounded confused at first before shifting to match Izzy’s tone. He rounded the corner for a closer look.
Izzy stood with his back to him, hands on his hips before the last man Ed would have ever expected to turn up at an open audition for a metal band. The man was tall, blond, and good-looking, dressed in the slim cut jeans and and polo shirt of an off-duty dad. His immaculate Vans high tops and the well-worn drumsticks clutched in his fist, however, suggested he knew exactly what he was here for. Ed stepped forward, clearing his throat, and both men’s eyes snapped over to him.
“What’s going on, Iz?” Ed asked.
Fang & Ivan had left around 15 minutes ago when it didn’t look like anyone else was coming, but he regretted sending them home now—would have been nice to have some backup, judging from the ‘get a load of this fucking guy’ look Izzy just shot him.
“THIS guy says he’s here to tryout for drums. And as I already explained to him,” Izzy said, glaring back at the now affronted-looking blond man, “tryouts are now closed. So piss off, you’re too late.”
“The flyers said tryouts ended at six,” the man pouted. Adorable, Ed thought.
“Izzy, c’mon,” Ed sighed. “The flyers did say six, and he’s already here. Don’t be a dick.”
Ed turned to look back at the blond man, whose eyes now glowed with the hope of a golden retriever staring down a snack. “I’m Ed,” he said, extending a hand. “What’s your name?”
The man smiled at him, wide and dazzling, and took Ed’s hand in his impossibly soft one for a solid handshake. “Hi, I’m Stede.”
“Steve?”
“Er, no, STEDE, actually. With a D.” The apologetic set to his mouth now suggested that this was something he had to say a lot.
“My bad, man,” said Ed with a warm smile. “Nice to meet you, Stede. You been drumming long?”
Stede’s eyes lit up in excitement. “Only a few years, but I’ve had a lot of time on my hands since the divorce. Plenty of time to practice when the kids are at their mother’s.”
Ed ignored the swoop of disappointment in his gut that attended Stede’s words and hitched his smile up higher in response. “Well, I’m excited to see what you have to show us today. You like metal, then?”
Stede looked thoughtful. “Not at first, admittedly. But I found out fairly quickly that it’s the most fun to play, so I’ve been broadening my horizons a bit more lately.” Izzy scoffed from behind him—Ed ignored him.
“That’s fine,” said Ed pointedly. “S’not a requirement.”
Stede looked a little embarrassed nevertheless, twisting his drumsticks nervously in his hands. “I know I don’t exactly look the part,” he said softly, “but I really do love playing. I’d like to play with you and your band, if you’ll have me. It’s…always been a dream of mine.”
“You and every other boring middle-aged fuck we’ve seen today,” Izzy grumbled, not quite low enough for it to count as ‘under his breath.’ Ed shot him a glare and he held up his hands in mocking surrender before crossing them in a huff. Ed turned back to Stede.
“I’d love to see you play,” said Ed, clapping him warmly on the shoulder. He was surprisingly solid under that dorky, but expensive-feeling polo shirt. Ed settled into the chair by the sound booth and gestures for Stede to climb the stairs to the stage and sit behind the drum kit.
“What song are you playing?” Ed asked. “I’ll queue it up.” Izzy sidled up next to him, opening his mouth to speak before—
“Painkiller by Judas Priest, please.”
The words died on Izzy’s lips, his sneer dropping into a look of pure shock before shifting into indignation. “There’s no fucking way you can play that fucking song,” Izzy snarled.
“I assure you I can,” Stede sniffed primly.
“Bold choice there, mate,” Ed said, hiding his surprise only a little better than Izzy had. “Excited to hear what you do with it.” Ed found the track and hit play. And then Stede…well, there was no other word for it.
He transformed.
His charming, affable face went steely with focused resolve and, for the first time since his arrival, he went completely still. He launched into the famously difficult drum intro with furious precision—
—and absolutely fucking nailed it.
Ed’s jaw dropped. Out of the corner of his eye, he was dimly aware of Izzy doing the same. But he wasn’t watching Izzy. He was watching a hot, blond, rich suburbanite-looking dad named Stede play the absolute shit out of the drums.
Stede didn’t miss a single beat for the entire six minutes. His brow furrowed with concentration, swaying his entire body with feeling, making it all look effortless. He even scaled back the volume during the guitar solos—it was exactly what they needed from Jack and never got. When he finished the blistering closing drum solo, he exhaled, long and low, and flashed Ed his charmingly lopsided grin once more.
“So?” He asked, pleased but anxious. “What did you think?”
Ed didn’t even look at Izzy before replying—“You’re in.”
“But—“ Izzy started.
“I’ll text you the rehearsal schedule.”
Stede’s smiled, another wide, sunny number that made Ed’s mouth go dry. “I suppose you’ll need my number for that, hey?”
Oh, now that was a look, wasn’t it? Ed felt a glimmer of hope return to him.
Ed met Stede’s glittering hazel eyes with a knowing smirk. “Suppose I will.”
—————
This was originally a twitfic that I then posted to AO3 because Twitter is sinking into the sea. Now I’m posting it here as well! Come say hi, I’m metavenhorst on AO3 and Twitter.
P.S. there’s also an excellent podfic of the first two chapters by @lindie-kninjaknitter !!
#gentlebeard fic#twitfic#rock star blackbeard#drummer stede bonnet#blackbeard x stede#ed and stede#fluff#ofmd fluff#gentlebeard#modern au#stede bonnet is a dork who can melt faces#and ed is INTO it#ofmd fanfic
9 notes
·
View notes
Text
Canon LGBTQ+ Characters for 2023
Korg (Thor)
Isaac (CBS Ghosts)
Frank & Bill (The Last of Us)
Stede Bonnet and Ed “Blackbeard” Teach (Our Flag Means Death)
Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt (Interview with the Vampire tv)
Kate (Walker Independence)
Tim Drake (DC)
Carlos Reyes and TK Strand (911 Lone Star)
Nancy Gillian (911 Lone Star)
Paul Strickland (911 Lone Star)
Karen and Henrietta Wilson (911)
Ianto Jones, Toshiko Sato, Jack Harkness and John Hart (Torchwood)
Max Banes (Supernatural)
Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane (Voltron Legendary Defender)
Laenor Velaryon (House of the Dragon)
Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring (Heartstoppers) and others
Viktor Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy)
Klaus Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy) and others
Johanna Constantine (The Sandman)
Desire (The Sandman) and others
Leslie Shay (Chicago Fire)
Darren Ritter (Chicago Fire)
Nicky and Joe (The Old Guard)
Waverly Earp and Nicole Haught (Wynonna Earp)
Robin Buckley (Stranger Things)
Anna Volovodov (The Expanse)
Camina Drummer (The Expanse)
Hikaru Sulu (Star Trek Beyond)
Paul Stamets & Hugh Culber (Star Trek: Discovery)
Bortus & Klyden (The Orville)
Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy (Batman)
Larry Trainor and John Bowers (Doom Patrol)
Phastos and Ben Stoss (Eternals)
Ruby "Red" Lucas (Once Upon a Time)
Brian and Justin (Queer as Folk)
David and Patrick (Schitt's Creek)
James Flint, Thomas Hamilton, Max, Anne Bonny and Eleanor Guthrie (Black Sails)
Agron and Nasir (Spartacus)
Alana Bloom and Margot Verger (Hannibal)
-----------------------------------
Favorites:
Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood (Shadowhunters) and others
Sara Lance (Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow) and others
John Constantine (Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow)
Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist (Brokeback Mountain)
Tara Maclay and Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Anissa Pierce (Black Lightning)
Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer)
Mazikeen (Lucifer)
Omar Little (The Wire)
Chuy and Joe Strong (Midnight Texas)
Liam Walker (Walker)
Valkyrie (Thor)
Loki (Thor movies/The Avengers movies)
Sylvie (Loki)
America Chavez (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)
Jesse and Cesar Cuevas (Supernatural) and others
Ruby Akuda (Fantasy Island)
-----------------------------------
Feel free to reblog or reply with YOUR faves.
Or drop me an ask.
I’ll add them to the list. ❤️
#Canon LGBTQ+ Character of the Day 2023 checklist#this is going to make my life so much easier in june#happy pride month 2023 🌈
24 notes
·
View notes
Text
Change of Pace
by metavenhorst
Queen Anne's Revenge needs a new drummer—they find the unlikeliest one from the unlikeliest source.
Words: 2711, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: Gen, M/M
Characters: Israel Hands, Fang (Our Flag Means Death), Ivan (Our Flag Means Death)
Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Additional Tags: twitfic, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Rock Band, Rock Star Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Drummer Stede Bonnet, Fluff
source https://archiveofourown.org/works/48784552
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
podfic of "Change of Pace' by metavenhorst
by Kninjaknitter
Queen Anne's Revenge needs a new drummer—they find the unlikeliest one from the unlikeliest source.
Words: 7, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: Gen, M/M
Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Fang (Our Flag Means Death), Ivan (Our Flag Means Death)
Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Additional Tags: twitfic, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Rock Band, Rock Star Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Drummer Stede Bonnet, Podfic & Podficced Works, Podfic
source https://archiveofourown.org/works/48855469
0 notes
Text
As Long As There Are Stars Above You
by Pinkmink, tea_at_mine
Giving up on the fancy-pants life of a concert pianist, Stede Bonnet forms a Beach Boys cover band in Barbados. Life is all good vibrations until a handsome grange drummer stumbles in and changes his tune.
Words: 5281, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Oluwande Boodhari, Jim Jimenez, Black Pete (Our Flag Means Death), Lucius Spriggs, Spanish Jackie (Our Flag Means Death)
Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Song: God Only Knows (The Beach Boys), GrungeDrummer!Ed, ConcertPianist!Stede, Meet-Cute, Tommy Bahama Leasurewear for dayyyssss
source https://archiveofourown.org/works/48781087
0 notes
Text
Take Me Away
by shakesqueer69
Stede comes out with the crew to see Jim's band play.
AKA
Stede is immediately down bad at first sight when the lead singer winks at him
Words: 2017, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Series: Part 17 of Meet Cute 'Verse!
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: M/M
Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Lucius Spriggs, Oluwande Boodhari, Jim Jimenez
Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Additional Tags: Modern AU, Fluff, meet cute, lead singer Ed, Bassist Jim, they're in a band and stuff, guitarist ivan, drummer fang, Stede POV
source https://archiveofourown.org/works/47154994
1 note
·
View note
Text
Steady, As She Goes
by Harvesterofhearts
[3:11 PM] Stede: Hi colleague!!!😊
[8:51 PM] Ed: Who is this?
[9:09 PM] Stede: Oh, you actually responded. Wow
[9:10 PM] Stede: I have to say I’m a big fan of yours
[9:32 PM] Ed: exactly who do you think you’re texting??
[9:32 PM] Stede: You’re Harry styles!
-In which Stede is in a band and texts a wrong number, which turns out to be (ex-)famous rockstar Edward Teach.
Words: 3308, Chapters: 3/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M, Other
Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Oluwande Boodhari, Jim Jimenez, Black Pete (Our Flag Means Death), Fang (Our Flag Means Death), Ivan (Our Flag Means Death), Israel Hands, The Swede (Our Flag Means Death), Buttons (Our Flag Means Death), Roach (Our Flag Means Death), Frenchie (Our Flag Means Death), Mary Allamby Bonnet, Louis Bonnet, Alma Bonnet
Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Oluwande Boodhari/Jim Jimenez, Black Pete/Lucius Spriggs, Fang/Ivan (Our Flag Means Death)
Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Alternate Universe - Rock Band, Fluff, maybe eventually expicit?, as a treat, Internet AU, Social Media, Singer Stede Bonnet, Drummer Edward Teach, rock music, Pining, Mutual Pining, Road Trips
source https://archiveofourown.org/works/43731060
0 notes
Last Seen Blogs
