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xoxoladyaz · 11 months
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It Hits Different This Time
Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Rock Star Eddie Munson x Steve Harrington
Part One / Part Two / Part Three / Part Four / Part Five
“Steve.” 
He hears Robin knocking on the door, her knuckles tapping firmly against the wood.
“STEVE.”
He’s lying on the bed in Robin’s guest bedroom, limbs starfished across the plush gray comforter, staring at the ceiling fan. Taylor Swift is singing to him, blasting from the Alexa speaker next to him.
Oh my, love is a lie, shit my friends say to get me by 
“Alexa, volume up.”
“Steve – STEVE!”
It hits different, it hits different this time
“Alexa, off,” Robin says as she marches into the room. Taylor’s voice cuts off almost immediately and Steve huffs, frustrated.
“Steve, as much as I love listening to your ‘Sad Taylor Swift’ playlist, you need to eat something. Go for a walk. Take a shower.”
“I’d rather not.”
Sighing, Robin kicks his left leg until he’s made enough room for her to collapse down beside him and gaze up at the spinning fan. 
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“No.”
They lay in silence.
“It’s just – our three-year anniversary, Robin.”
“I know.”
“He didn’t even text me.”
“I know.”
“And the supermodels at the club! And the tweets!”
“I know, Steve.”
There’s moisture pricking at the inside of his eyes now. “I just – it’s dumb, okay? I thought we could make this work. But I guess I’m not as important to him as he is to me.”
“Dingus,” Robin chides, and he turns his face away so she can’t see that he’s actually crying now. (She still probably knows that he is; Robin always knows. He just doesn’t want anyone to see.) “Okay, is Eddie Munson a huge idiot? Yes, and he has been for as long as we’ve known him. Is he kind of an asshole now that he’s famous? Yes. Do I think this is the end? Not necessarily.”
Steve snorts. “It’s been four days, Robin. Nothing for four days. I think it’s already ended.”
Robin cuddles up to his side so now they’re legitimately snuggling together. “Look, all I’m saying is he’s going to be back in the state in a few days and I think you owe it yourself to at least have a conversation with him. Either you two decide to work things out and start communicating better or you decide that he’s not pulling his weight to make his relationship work and you get closure. Either way, I think you need to talk to him.”
“Yeah,” Steve sniffles. “You’re probably right.”
“Steven, I’m always right.”
“I’m sorry, do you want to talk about the Pixar question you fumbled on trivia night?”
“Dingus, I swear to god if you don’t let it go - ”
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Eddie’s groggy and nauseous and fuck the sun is too bright. He pulls at the window-shades as he stumbles into their kitchen, dropping his Louis Vuitton bag on the floor. The fact that he’s managing to walk while coming down from a five day bender that he barely fucking remembers is kind of a miracle. 
“Steve! Stevie, baby, I’m home!”
Silence.
What day is it today, Saturday? He’s probably at the farmer’s market with Robin. Eddie’s a few days early anyways, wanted it to be a surprise. And honestly, it’s probably a good thing Steve’s not home, Eddie needs to keep sobering up.
He pulls a fresh bottle of water out of the fridge and collapses onto the restored dining-room chairs they bought a few months ago. He tips it back and drinks it down greedily, swallowing the cool water down his aching throat. “Oh, that’s good,” he moans to himself, dropping the now empty bottle onto the dining room table.
The empty bottle that clangs against something. Squinting, Eddie opens his eyes and looks down.
There’s a small box sitting at his spot, a card laying haphazardly onto the side. It looks like someone opened it and scribbled all over what they originally wrote.
Eddie frowns and grabs for the card. It’s Steve’s writing. Whatever he’s crossed out is unreadable. Instead, all there is is the following:
I would say Happy Anniversary, but judging by the fact that (1) you didn’t return my call or even text me back and (2) the paps caught you at the club with the guys and a bunch of supermodels instead, I’m going to assume that you’re not interested in celebrating it anymore.
Eddie feels his stomach sink so fast that he’s going to lose all the water he just drank. 
Look, Eds, I am so proud of you for making your dream come true. I would never ask you to give that up or sacrifice your music for me. But I’m tired of feeling alone in this relationship. Of feeling like you don’t love me as much as I love you. Because I would do anything for you, but I think this all proves that you wouldn’t do the same for me.
Anyways, I still want you to have your gift. It wouldn’t make sense to give it to anyone else. 
Your biggest fan, Steve
He can’t see straight and it’s not because of the drugs. He can’t breathe and it’s not because of his asthma or his wicked smoking habit. 
He grabs the small box, flips it open, and chokes back a sob.
It’s a perfect replica of Aragorn’s ring, the ring he’s given that proves he is Isilduir’s heir. He’s wanted it foryears, but it was never something that he thought he could buy for himself. Sure, he could buy whatever random luxury shit without a sweat, but something so meaningful to him? Because reading The Lord of the Rings saved his fucking life in high school? His brain couldn’t deal with him buying it for himself. His therapist says it’s one of his many hang-ups regarding money and fame and his self-esteem issues, but that’s not what matters right now.
What matters is that Steve gave this to him, loved him enough to have it made for him.
And now Steve is gone.
Eddie grabs for his phone with shaking hands and checks the date.
“Fuck.”
Five days. 
He’s five days too fucking late.
He’s dialing Jeff before he can even realize he’s doing it.
“Dude, I really don’t want to be talking to you right now.”
“Jeff,” Eddie barely gets out, his voice choking on a sob. “Steve is gone.”
Jeff’s silent for a moment. 
“I’m on my way.”
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some-rotten-nest · 5 months
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Y'know those Danny Fenton is a rock star AU's? I've seen a bit too little of them-- but that's not the point.
I HC that Ember and Danny dated for a while in like a Batman-Catwoman relationship and that Ember is a world known popstar (partially due to her hypnosis, but she's also REALLY good)
I wanna see a work where Danny and Ember are known to sing some songs together (Danny providing back-up vocals or playing an instrument of ur choosing and so on) and that the public knows they're exes.
But, being the little shits they are, they decided "wait. We can have fun with this and profit!"
They sing those "you broke my heart but I'm better off without you anyway!" songs. Like, imagine them in a sort of duet singing, for example, Exes and Ohs at each other. They're on good terms and all but they just have that lovers-to-rivals dynamic despite working together.
The public eats it up ofc.
So Danny's not exactly a rock star, but he is known for being Ember McLain's infamous ex that goes on stage with her on occasion.
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123/638 One Suga a day while he is away
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strawberrywinter4 · 3 months
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Fandom: Loki (TV 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Relationship: Loki/Mobius. M. Mobius
Rating: Explicit
Characters: Loki Laufeyson, Mobius M. Mobius, Sylvie, Casey, Brad Wolfe, Hunter B-15, Ouroboros, Ravonna Lexus Renslayer, Thor
Notable Tags: Rock Star AU, Rock Star! Loki, Agent! Mobius, music industry, Alternate Universe - Rock Band, music festivals, Slow Burn, Romance, Explicit Sexual Content, Bottom Loki, Top Mobius, Traveling
Summary: Rising rock star, Loki Laufeyson, is having difficulty keeping his reputation in check. His manager hires him one of the industry's most wanted agents, Mobius. M. Mobius. Loki is displeased by this arrangement and does everything he can to change this nonchalant man's mind about being his agent. However, Loki is struck with a growing attraction to the agent in this process. To his secret enjoyment, Mobius seems to be experiencing the same feelings.
As this relationship grows, Loki and Mobius must conquer the world of fame by dodging reporters, dealing with toxic past lovers, and paving the way to the life they truly desire.
Playlist here
Read chapter 1 here.
Thank you @starrose17 for the inspiration!!
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momosandlemonsoda · 20 days
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WIP Wednesday
Here’s some Rock Star AU. No one has suffered like Li Lianhua suffers at work.
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trashpocket · 1 year
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rock star eddie and steve!!!
(drew them weeks apart)
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millylotus · 1 year
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Mesmerized By A Banshee’s Screams
Rock Star AU
No Memes this time but ✨I MADE A PLAYLIST✨
EXTRA AUS
Full Ghost Danny AU, ie: Danny is possessing his body and the ectoplasm is working as a preservative, he still ages though
Banshee Danny: Spirits that predict misfortune & death with their screams or songs, sometimes causing it, birdlike often beings, Irish in origin
Siren Ember: Spirits that lure sailors to the rocks they perch on, not actually fish or mermaids but bird and or harpy like beings, Greek in origin
Johnny’s just straight up bad luck
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Danny's parents aren't all that excepting of the whole ya know being dead thing
They aren't horrible! It like they acknowledge that he's dead and they just decided to act like he isn't
Basically gaslighting themselves and him in an attempt for something normal
This all around a bad thing for Danny, the amount of stress and anxiety it puts him under is just bad
So he makes the first move and moves into the Ghost Zone permanently
Dropping out of school and only keeping in contact with Jazz, Tucker and Sam
During this his haunt just so happens to have naturally placed itself by Ember, Johnny and Kitty's haunts so he ends up hanging out with them more casually.
Eventually it’s like they’re siblings/found family
Ember teaches Danny the bass and they like to sing together
Johnny and Danny bond over bikes, what with Danny’s initially limited knowledge, and Johnny ends up teaching Danny how to ride a motorcycle
Kitty and Danny are absolute fashion geeks together, Kitty was the one to help Danny completely overhaul his wardrobe to fit him
At some point Ember suggests they start a band, Johnny and Danny are on board but Kitty isn’t about being on stage but she does agree to help with other things
The go through a random portal and pop out in Gotham, they set up base in a warehouse and get to working on how get a gig in this city
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Dax Chill [Duke’s friend and actually the kid of Joe Chill who killed the Waynes, yes this is cannon] found this new band that’s going to debut as an introduction it Gotham on Saturday
The Flock [We are Robin] like to go out to shows sometimes so they all agree to take a day off and go see the new band “Embers & Dead Kids”
The shows amazing and the WaR are having so much fun just dancing and hanging out
The rest of the party also liked the show
But Duke’s eyes were only on the bassist of the band, and the youngest one who’s the The Flock’s age
The Flock ends up going to a lot of the shows the Dead Kids are in, quickly becoming fans of the band
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DEADLIGHTS MASTERPOST, GENERAL NOTES, AO3
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mikurulucky · 3 months
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Welp, here's rock star Tochiro. ^w^
Because why not?
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kirathehyrulian · 3 months
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Nine Inch Rebar - “Just Us, Finally Free"
-fake SPN Parody- 🎶(sung to the music from "The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy)🎶
[Verse 1] Guess who bested Chuck today? Them wild-eyed boys who'd been unlucky Haven't died, hadn't need to slay Yeah man, that twist at the end was crazy They used Jack as a power vacuum He gripped Chuck’s face, spelling his doom Then the new god left them too soon Leavin’ the boys a’lil shaky
[Chorus] Just us, finally free Just us, finally free We said, Just us, finally free Just us, finally free Just us, finally free Just us, finally free Just us, finally free Just us, finally free
[Verse 2] The boys drove home that day to reminisce Passing beer, sitting on their table, feels like life’s kiss Yeah, barely no space between them, drowning in bliss Taking swigs for those lost Glad they don’t have to tap dance now With Chuck gone, they could build their lives anyhow Yeah, they write their own stories now Going wherever the story takes them
[Chorus] Just us, finally free Just us, finally free We said, “Just us, finally free” Just us, finally free Just us, finally free Just us, finally free Just us, finally free Just us, finally free
{Instrumental}
[Bridge] There’s no more strings, see? Guess who's finally free! It’s our story, Baby!
[Verse 3] To celebrate their victory They’ll go on a driving spree On a route sixty-six journey Thinking about the years gone past that lead them here What was real, what was fake, Chuck didn’t control everything They were true, their epic had meaning Their epic had not finished Now they’re finally free at last
[Chorus] Just us, finally free Just us, finally free Just us, finally free Just us, finally free Just us, finally free Just us, finally free (There’s no more strings, see?) Just us, finally free Just us, finally free (finally free, finally free)
[Instrumental]
[Outro] Just us, finally free at last They’re driving around the US Just us, finally free at last!
Look out for NIR’s other original hit songs: • “Hypno Tits” • “Steel Lats” • “ILYSMMBB” • “Domestic Bunker” •“Blurry Wife”• “Party City Wig” • “Baby In Paradise” • “Meet You on the Bridge” • “Now It’s Perfect”
Close up and wip pics below
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mosylufanfic · 1 year
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By Any Other Name
Because I’m basically obligated to do a rock star AU at some point, right?
Send me a prompt for Nano!
By Any Other Name
Jyn liked this time of day in the Kyber, the grubby little bar she co-owned with her best friend. Early afternoon was a dip where the hardcore drinkers and the lunch crowd had all cleared out or been cut off, and the after-work crowd wasn't in yet. She used the time to catch up on paperwork and put on her favorite music. 
"You like this song?"
The voice came from the end of the bar, where their one customer of the moment was drinking a draft beer and scribbling on what looked like staff paper. A starving songwriter, she concluded, a dime a dozen in LA. 
"It's all right," she said, because it had only taken her the first shift as a bartender to realize that some guys would take a statement as innocuous as "this is my favorite song right now" and translate it to "please, take my body at your earliest convenience."
"It's just, you're singing along."
Had she been? Damn. Bodhi referred to her singing voice as the unholy love child of a rusty gate and a cat in heat. "Sorry."
He laughed. "No, it's fine." He had a nice smile, wide and bright, with dimples. Cute.
Also a dime a dozen in LA.
She shrugged and hit the buttons on her laptop to save her most current schedule. "It's catchy," she said. "I guess I do sing along when it comes on the radio."
The song ended and another began, with no deejays jabbering in between. And it was the next song on the artist's newest album. 
He raised a brow.
"Fine! The whole album's on my favorite playlist at the moment. It's good. All right? That what you wanted to know?"
He lifted both hands in a peaceable gesture, laughing again. "I’m not trying to interrogate you. That's just my favorite song from the album. The one you were singing along to."
“Yeah? Even though it's not the one that's the big hit or whatever?”
"That one's good too," he acknowledged. "But 'Built on Hope' is just - I like it better."
"Yeah."
He held out a hand. "Joreth."
She shook it briefly. "Liana," she said, giving him the name she went by behind the bar, to deter creepers and scammers. 
"Liana, that's pretty. What is that, a flower?"
"It's a sort of vine," she said - also her usual answer. "A strangling vine. It kills trees."
He laughed. "Killed any trees today?"
"Sadly, no, but the day is young."
At the other end of the bar, Bodhi cleared his throat, loudly. She glanced at him, saw he was doing the bottle count, and figured he'd just had a frog in his throat. 
"He's playing tonight, you know," Joreth said, pointing upward at the speaker. "Cassian Andor."
"Yeah, I heard. I've got to work. Plus tickets are an arm and a leg."
"Surely no more than a hand."
She grinned. "Whatever body part I'd have to give up, it'd be too much. Anyway, those big stadium shows aren't for me. All lights and screaming and shit." She shuddered. "Gives me a migraine."
He tipped his beer toward her. "I'm with you there. He's got another one tomorrow. An acoustic set at a little club."
That was more her speed. But she eyed him suspiciously. "What are you, his manager?"
He laughed again. The way his eyes crinkled was not something you often saw in LA, where wrinkles were the horror of half the town and the bane of the other half. "Something like that," he said. 
Bodhi cleared his throat again, louder. 
"Spit or swallow, Bodes," she called out to him, and turned back to the guy at the bar. "Well, if I'd known, maybe I would have scrounged up whatever favors I needed to go. But it's probably too late now."
“You never know.”
The door opened and a tall skinny man in a suit that cost more than her car came in. 
"ID," Jyn said automatically.
He eyed her. "I assure you I am of age, and anyway, I'm not here to imbibe." He marched up to Joreth. "You," he said balefully.
"Hi, Kay," Joreth said.
"You are late."
"I told you I was going to work on songs today."
"I thought you meant in your hotel room like a reasonable human being, not in some grimy dive bar."
"Hey," Bodhi and Jyn said in concert.
"It's not grimy," Joreth said. "It's very nice. Good beer." He drank the last of it and set his pint glass down.
Bodhi, who was in charge of ordering, looked mollified. Jyn narrowed her eyes at Kay.
Kay ignored her. "Come along."
"Hang on." Joreth swiped a line across the middle of his sheet music, wrote a quick string of notes, and a phrase, and then folded the papers into a leather portfolio and got up. "See you around," he said to Jyn, and left with his - friend? Minder? Captor?
Bodhi sidled up. "Do you remember," he said, "how as your lifelong best friend, I'm contractually obligated to let you know when you're being a human disaster?"
"What was disastrous about that?" Jyn asked, opening up her schedule, then remembering she'd finished it. Although if Shara couldn't get babysitting again - "We were talking about music."
"You were talking about Cassian Andor."
"Is this a don't-talk-about-dudes-with-other-dudes thing? Because if bringing up a pop star is a violation, that's awfully damn fragile."
Bodhi threw his hands in the air. "You were talking about Cassian Andor with Cassian Andor!"
"What?"
"And he was into you!"
"His name was Joreth,” she mumbled, still stuck on talking about Cassian Andor with Cassian Andor.
"Sure," Bodhi said. "And yours is Liana."
"But he - " She waved her hand in front of her face. "He had a beard. And a ball cap."
"Right, right, yeah, I forgot. Multi-platinum pop stars are physically incapable of growing facial hair, and putting on a ball cap when they might not want to be recognized."
She goggled into the near distance. "Oh my god, I'm a disaster."
"Well, I tried," Bodhi said.
She shoved him. "By coughing? What happened to sending me a text?"
"Your phone's dead. Again."
She picked it up and found it dark. "Oh, yeah."
He shook his head. "Seriously, there's no helping you."
The bar phone rang and Jyn reached for it. "The Kyber."
"May I speak to Liana?"
"Speaking."
"I represent Cassian Andor. He'd like to invite you to be his special guest at Club Yavin tomorrow night."
Jyn hung up.
"Scammer?" Bodhi said.
The phone rang again. "I assume we got disconnected," the person on other end said disdainfully. Now she could identify the voice of the tall skinny guy. "As I was saying, Cassian Andor would like you to join - "
"Yes, I heard you the first time," she said. "Is this a joke?"
"No joke, I assure you," said the rather bored voice. "Cassian is presently sitting across from me in the limo, making faces and gesturing wildly - "
"Kay!" said a strangled voice. 
"It is very distracting. Are you coming or not? If you leave him in suspense, he might have an aneurysm, and he has to play a show in five hours."
A groan loud enough for the phone to pick it up.
"Let me talk to him," Jyn said. 
"I am capable of giving you all the information you need - "
"Cassian," she snapped. "Now."
A minor scuffle, and then the voice of Joreth - no, Cassian - came over the line. "Hi."
"This how you get your jollies?" she demanded. "By picking up strange women in bars who don't recognize you?"
"It helped," he said. "Liana, I - "
"Jyn," she said. "It's Jyn."
"Jyn," he said. "And I'm Cassian."
"Yeah. Yeah, I figured that out."
"Well, what do you think? I'll send a car so you don't have to fight traffic, and we can get dinner after. Or drinks - or - "
She pursed her lips. "I dunno. It's been a long time since I went and saw a guy play guitar in a club. I might have something else to do."
Bodhi grabbed the phone. "She's coming. You can pick her up here. What time? Great. She'll be ready." He hung up. 
She punched him. "Bodes!"
"That was no time to play it cool, Jyn. You have a date with Cassian Andor, and he's totally into you." He looked thoughtful. "Also, pop star or not, he might be as much of a human disaster as you are."
FINIS
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nothing-but-dreams · 2 years
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Suptober Day 17: Muse
It was the first time Dean invited Cas to watch him play in front of an audience. The show was at a little dive bar somewhere in the mid-west, and Dean told Cas he didn't have to come, but Cas insisted. When he took the stage, he already knew the song he was going to open with. Then one that always put him at ease.
"This one goes out to the love of my life, my guardian angel, and my muse. I love you, babe."
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lady-wallace · 1 year
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My half of a collab with @demonsaysrelax for her Glam Rock AU fic
I had so much fun doing the art for this and getting to play with all the outfit designs! 
Read the fic HERE
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For @februabba2023​ Day 13: “Masquerade”
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momosandlemonsoda · 2 months
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The next chapter is finally posted! Thanks so much to @bbcphile for the beta and for listening to me whine about how these two wouldn't stop talking and get to fucking!
Li Lianhua raises his hands, taking a step back, watching Di Feisheng’s eyes narrow. “I’m just heading home.” And then, because it’s been a shitty night and a shitty week and he’s never stepped back when he could press his luck with this man, he turns his back and walks away, calling over his shoulder after a couple of steps, “You can come, if you want.” He smirks at the huff of laughter, but keeps walking away without looking back. It doesn’t take long for Di Feisheng to catch up, casually shoulder-checking him. They walk on in silence. Li Lianhua thinks about needling him, starting one of their bickering conversations to give A’Fei a way to vent the tension he can still see in his frame. But, as he darts a quick glance at A’Fei, takes in his posture, his quick stride, the blood still on his lip, he realizes he doesn’t want to talk. There’s been too goddamn much talking this week. 
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kanthonyficrecs · 1 year
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Featured Fic (Modern AU)
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Faithfully by Stars_of_Kyber Rating: G Status: WIP Summary: Anthony Bridgerton would have dropped everything, the fancy parties, the crowded concerts, the sound of millions of people screaming his songs at the top of their lungs, all of it, for Kate. He knew that. He liked being famous, he just loved her more. He’s really lucky she’s never asked him to. He just wished his stupid brother hadn’t exposed his relationship to the entire world to see.
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Witcher (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion Characters: Jaskier | Dandelion, Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, Triss Merigold, Vesemir (The Witcher) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Rock Star Geralt, singer-songwriter Jaskier, Jaskier is Geralt's biggest fan, Roadie Jaskier, Friends to Lovers, Mutual Pining, Idiots in Love, Angst with a Happy Ending, Romance, Geralt afraid to fall in love again, Jaskier afraid his feelings are unrequited, Dom/sub, Shameless Smut, Top Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Bottom Jaskier | Dandelion, Dirty Talk, Tenderness, Rough Sex, Passion, Possessive Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Jealous Jaskier | Dandelion, Jealous Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Romantic Fluff, Resolved Sexual Tension, Age difference: 42 and 25, Supporting characters play very minor roles Summary:
Indie singer-songwriter Jaskier is a super-fan of the rising rock band Kaer Morhen and joins them on tour as an unpaid roadie, simply to learn from the best and soak up the music he's so in love with.
He's also in love with Geralt, the brooding bass player who quietly writes the genius songs at the root of the band's success. But Geralt is fresh from a messy break-up with lead singer Yennefer and although Jaskier catches his eye, he's too afraid to give his heart again quite yet.
Being Geralt, his attempts to be Jaskier's friend without falling in love don't lead to the most well-thought-out, sensitive and eloquent words. In fact, Geralt is a foot-in-mouth disaster, but couldn't be more in love with Jaskier, or more frustrated.
By the time Yennefer walks out on the band, leaving a vacancy for a new lead singer, will the sound of Jaskier's golden voice awaken Geralt to his senses, and by then -- is it too late for him to win the boy's heart?
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