#workplace!au

[hairmetal666]

Eddie Munson gets famous at fifteen, after a YouTube video goes viral.

He's the kind of famous where he can't leave his house without being mobbed; where his name is plastered across grocery store tabloids and every fifth Pop Crave post; who has to make special arrangements with stores, whose body guards have body guards, who's forgotten what it's like to be normal. He's the kind of famous with well-chronicled stints in and out of rehab

And he thinks, at thirty, why not do a reality show? Why not let everyone in the world into his life because they're there anyway?

There's this guy on the crew, beautiful as a fucking sunrise. He's all golden-tanned and chestnut-haired, with these big hazel eyes that makes Eddie stomach swoop deliciously whenever they happen to meet his.

His name is Steve.

And Eddie, well. He's learned his lesson about jumping into relationships. So, Steve is nice to look at, and that's all there is to it.

---

They're at the studio, and Eddie, he only smokes when he's recording but he's "not allowed" to do that inside. So, he steps out into the alley behind the building, eyes falling shut as he hands search his pockets for his pack of Camels and his Zippo.

"I didn't realize you smoked," a deep voice says from the darkness.

Eddie startles, eyes flying open. Steve is leaning against the brick of the building, cigarette perched between his pursed lips.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. I'm Steve. With the crew."

"Eddie," he answers by instinct.

"I know," Steve chuckles. His hazel eyes are golden in the yellow streetlight.

"Oh, right." He lights his cigarette and inhales deep.

"I really like what you're doing in there." Steve nods his head towards the studio.

"You a fan?"

"Never listened to you much before. Not really a metal kinda guy, but I like it."

People aren't usually honest with Eddie. It's refreshing.

"Glad you're getting into it! How's your--uh, job going?"

Steve laughs. "First assistant camera, that's my job." Eddie's expression must read a total blank, but Steve only smiles. "I make sure everything's in focus while we film"

"Is that--hard?"

"Sometimes," Steve agrees. "How do you like being the star of a reality show?"

Eddie huffs out a breath. "It's more fun than I expected. Like, sure it's weird to have you guys follow me around, but at least I invited you, you know?"

Steve's dark eyes are fathomless in his perfect face. "You'll let me know? If anything happens that you don't like?"

Eddie nods, taken aback by the serious line of Steve's pretty mouth. Before he can respond more, the back door creaks open, Gareth's backlit shape leaning into the alley. "Eddie? They're ready for you."

"Duty calls." He smiles at Steve as he stomps out his cigarette. "See you around."

---

Eddie goes to a house party in the hills. It's just a handful of people, all of them he's known for years, no cameras in sight.

Someone asks how things are going with the band. Eddie doesn't think anything of it. Why should he, among friends? Why should he when they already know the resentment that Gareth, Jeff, and Freak have for him? Eddie got signed and not his band. The guys--they never really forgave him, think he could have tried harder.

So, he says--he says--"I wish they didn't resent me so goddamn much still. To this day! They're millionaires and they're pissed at me? Fuck that. I got them here. I got us all here."

They're filming the next day at Eddie's house. He's working on a new song, engrossed in his acoustic and his notebook.

He's so in the zone, it takes him a second to register when Gareth bursts into the house.

"Fuck you, Munson," Gareth screams. "What the fuck is this shit?" Eddie's own voice pours from Gareth's phone, and Eddie's stunned speechless for dozens of seconds as he tries to comprehend what's happening.

"I didn't--" he tires. He raises his hands placatingly, but his minds a whirlwind, thoughts a tangle, heart a mess of betrayal and hurt and fear.

"We should be fucking grateful?" Gareth yells. "You spoiled piece of shit, fuck you!" He lunges towards Eddie, but Steve darts from behind the camera, moving to block Gareth's path.

"Stop filming," Eddie shouts. He lifts his arms to block the shit. "Get out," he snaps at the crew. " Now!"

He and Gareth scuffle towards a set of double-doors, heated words low and unintelligible.

"Don't come in." He tells the crew. "Steve, I mean it. Tell them to stop."

Eddie shoves Gareth into the other room, slamming the door behind him. Still, the mics pick up the screaming fight between the two men.

Hours later, Eddie finally makes his way back to the main part of the house, finds Steve standing at the kitchen island.

"Why are you still here?" He's too exhausted from the fight to put any inflection into it.

"I was wo--I wanted to make sure everything was okay," Steve says. He relaxes against the island. "Are yo--is everything okay?"

Eddie's laugh is humorless. "Something like that."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

The tears he kept at bay with Gareth prick at his eyelids until they burn. "Not really, no."

Steve nods. "We could--you wanna watch a movie?"

This startles a laugh out of Eddie, one that has tears flooding his eyes and he has to blink fast, look down, anything so Steve doesn't notice.

"You know what I want?" he says. It's soft enough that maybe Steve, across the kitchen, wouldn't hear.

"What?"

"To have friends who won't sell me out for a couple thousand bucks." The tears start falling, his throat choked with emotion.

He wants to stop, embarrassed to be crying in front of Steve, but now that he's started, sobs shake his shoulders and he can't keep quiet.

Steve reaches for him. "Is this okay?" he whispers, hands rubbing circles against his back.

Eddie nods, cries for a while as Steve makes soothing motions against his back.

"I just wish I was normal," he mumbles when he has words again.

Steve's hold on him tightens. "I'm sorry, Eddie."

Shame hits him then, too hard to ignore, and he steps away. "I'm gonna--I'm gonna go. I--Thanks again."

He ignores the sound of Steve calling him back.

---

Eddie's playing a show. He's playing a show in a small club, something he hasn't been able to do for years, but he's doing it right now. It's electric, vibrating through his body, the crowd screaming along with every word.

So much of this is because of Steve, and Eddie can't think about it, because men like Steve aren't for guys like Eddie.

As he plays, his eyes scan the small crowd, find Steve easily. He's gazing at Eddie, lips slicked pink and parted, eyes shining. Eddie knows this look; the naked desire obvious. A heat he never lets himself feel for Steve blooms low in his abdomen, but--

He wails into his mic, forcing his thoughts away from that path. He has a show to play, one that's pumping his veins full of satisfied adrenaline. Nothing can ruin it.

When the show ends, Eddie is high, endorphins and adrenaline pounding through his bloodstream.

Eddie, the band, and the film crew make their way out the club's backdoor. There's a car idling close by, but they only get a few steps in before there's shouting; the ear-shattering click of dozens of camera shutters; overwhelming burst of flashes.

Eddie is disoriented, dizzy; the rapid shift from the best night he's had in years, to this, mobbed by paparazzi, people screaming his name, crowding their small group. He stumbles, black spots still obstructing his vision.

Arms catch around him, holding him steady. "You okay?" Steve asks.

Before he can answer, one of the paps yells, "Munson's wasted! Can't even walk!"

"C'mon, Ed, I've got you," Steve says.

"Just get into the booze, Munson, or someone had Molly too? Maybe a little coke? That used to be your thing, right? Snort a little blow and do a show?"

Eddie tenses, almost stops, but Steve keeps him going.

The crowd surges around them, more voices yelling, more flashbulbs popping, the guy saying, "He can't even stand without help! You got a real problem you know?"and he just--can't anymore. He whirls out of Steve's grasp, lunges for the guy.

"What's your fucking problem, man?" Eddie hisses. "What did I do to you, huh?"

"Real tough, Munson, huh?" The man sneers. He shoves Eddie hard, knocking him back a few steps.

Eddie's vision fuzzes out, brain buzzing. He snarls, knows he does, knows he's losing it, can't make it stop.

Strong arms wrap around his waist, pull him off his feet. He fights it until he's pressed into a wall, until cold hands cup his face.

"Baby, baby, you have to calm down," Steve murmurs. "You have to breathe, can you do that for me?"

"I want--he can't--I--"

Steve presses harder against him, bodies joined. "You're having a panic attack, yeah? Can you breathe with me, baby? Match me?"

Eddie nods, tries, wants to be good for Steve.

He calms, as much from the breathing exercise as being held by the most beautiful man he's ever seen. Pressing his face against Steve's neck he says, "why are you always around for my worst moments? I'm such a fucking mess."

"I don't think you're a mess," he says. "I think you've gotten hurt, you've gotten cornered. And your reactions are normal."

"Why do you even care?" Eddie asks.

Steve doesn't even pause. "Cause I like you, Eddie." His hold tightens for a second. "I like you a lot."

Eddie scoffs. "Yeah, you like Eddie Munson, the hot rockstar. Not the loser who cries in your arms"

Cold air hits Eddie as Steve steps away to meet Eddie's eyes. You want to know something? I didn't expect to like you at all. I admit, I bought into all the stories on the internet. But you were never anything like that, Ed. Not even once."

Steve takes a deep breath, turning away as his cheeks grow pink. "And you--you're always going out of your way for people. The day I knew I was gone for you? Three weeks into filming. There was this kid interning. You didn't know a thing about him, just some twenty-year-old, and you sat down and talked to him. Were genuinely interested in everything he said."

"Steve," Eddie's voice breaks. He has to cover his mouth, lips a wobbling mess.

"I want to give you normal, Eddie, as much as I can. If you'll let me."

The moisture tumbles free from his eyes, streaking down his cheeks. Eddie laughs. "God, Steve, you're--I like you, too."

Steve brushes the tears away. "So, you'd go on a date with me?"

"I think I would really like to go on a date with you, yeah."

Steve leans in, slow and gentle, placing a soft kiss at the corner of Eddie's mouth. It lights him up like a fresh struck match, nerve endings on fire. He thinks it's so much more than like already.

"Take me home, sweetheart," he says.

"Getting fresh with me, Munson," Steve smirks. "I won't have you using your rockstar wiles to seduce me."

Eddie's laugh echoes off the brick of the surrounding buildings. "Oh, sweetheart, my rockstar ways will destroy you."

"That a promise?"

---

Six months later, the first and only season of Welcome to Hell premieres. Instead, of chronicling a rockstar's debauched and wild lifestyle, it's a soft and charming love story. It shows Steve and Eddie growing closer, Steve working late into the night, to give Eddie the hint of normalcy he's so desperate for, to make him happy. It shows Eddie's eyes track Steve across a room, something like sadness crossing his face. It shows a concert that Steve arranged, the fight with the pap outside the venue, brief glimpses of Steve and Eddie in the aftermath, the gentle kiss.

In the last interview of the season, the producer asks Eddie if there will be a season two of Welcome to Hell.

Eddie smiles, glances off camera, which pans to find Steve in worn jeans and a Metallica hoodie, hair messy and wearing glasses. He gazes at Eddie, smiles this soft, aching thing.

"Nah, I don't think I need it anymore," Eddie answers. Throwing the camera a smile that matches Steve's.

#steddie #steve x eddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #ficlet #reality show au #famous eddie munson #regular guy steve harrington #mutual pining #fluff #workplace romance #angst #getting together #angst with a happy ending #rockstar eddie munson #former teen star eddie munson #eddie has a reality show #crew member steve harrington #eddie is the kind of famous where he can't go outside without being mobbed #this is sort of based on todd and kandi from rhoa #it's also sweet nothing but not on purpose #all steve wants to give eddie is sweet nothing #it's a long one sorry about it

[nevarroes]

look at the ceo dawg I'm gonna get fired

#art tag #oc art #casim carnarvon #gortash #gortcas #modern au gortcas #I lost 5 years from coloring thsi I'm not made for it anymore oughhhh..... losing hp #heres ur reminder that he is still ginger unfortuntely #thats not appropriate for the workplace CASIM

[yourgaydads]

the corinthian skips onboarding.

#he does not want responsibilities #the corinthian #lucienne #dreaming workplace au #the sandman silliness #it's taking a while for certain memories to return #lucienne only felt obligated to welcome him back #you know she got that at trader j*e's #my comic #this technically isn't finished but ugh god

[hashileio]

you join the cafe & meet the crew (minus one)

#hashiart #undertale #undertale au #utmv #sans #bad sanses #nightmare's gang #dusttale sans #dust sans #killer sans #killer!sans #horrortale sans #ht sans #nightmare sans #cursed coffee shop au #guys don't actually apply here youre going to get stuck with all the work cause you know these dudes aint gonna do it right #Horror going by Skull because HR has advised that we don't refer to our colleagues by names that could potentially result in an HR disaster #aka corporate has overheard horror as whorer and they are doubling down to avoid ALL possible confusion #it has taken the gang multiple tries to pass the ethics and workplace harassment classes (nightmare had to forge paperwork in the end) #killer is HR's worst nightmare which is saying something considering nightmare is literally right there #nightmare is going to do his best to delay the inevitable introduction to killer (unstoppable force meets immovable object) #who would be your work bestie tho real talk #all of these are posted on a queue so by the time you see this it's going to be a few days :)

[penvisions]

garnish {masterlist}

Pairing: Chef! Joel Miller x Bartender! Reader

Summary: Summer is a time of fun and carefree days for those who are fortunate enough to not work within the food industry. You however have found yourself back in that world and so long were the days you could spend doing nothing. Along with the shift back to a world you once left behind is the figure of Joel Miller, who is as magnetizing as he is irritating that is now a part of your daily life.

Word Count: 50k - complete

Warnings: smut piv smut, unprotected piv, dirty talk, joel miller's filthy mouth, kinda enemies to lovers?, age gap (reader is around 30 and joel is late 40's but it's up to your imagination, bby), degrading language, restaurant lingo, triggers associated with the food industry, power dynamics (due to job rankings), secret relationship, workplace relationship, pining, mutal pining, sexual tension, lingering stares, angst, hurt and comfort, stalking, unwanted attention, reader is an academic

A/N: please enjoy this self-indulgent little series!!

series teaser

main series:

chapter one || chapter two || chapter three || chapter four || chapter five

chapter six || chapter seven || chapter eight || chapter nine || chapter ten

one shots:

*in chronological order

happy hour(s) - post series one shot || not yet posted

office hours (valentine’s day one shot) ❤️‍🔥

out of date || i wish i never met you **new!!

#dev writes #fic:garnish #tlou #tlou fic #tlou fanfic #tlou au #restaurant au #alternatie universe #no outbreak!joel miller #no outbreak fic #joel miller #joel miller fic #joel miller fanfic #joel miller x you #chef! joel #chef! joel x bartender! reader #joel miller smut #strangers to lovers #coworkers to lovers #secret relationship #workplace relationships #slight power dynamics #angst #fluff #the last of us #the last of us au #chef! joel miller #hurt and comfort #joel miller fanfiction #ao3

[stnkydeadcat]

Au that has been rotting my mind recently. (Not evil Chris au, it’s more like a Carlos situation, Chris had no choice but to join Umbrella to avoid jail time).

#resident evil #re fanart #re #chris redfield #albert wesker #chrisker #obviously #wesker and Chris lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship #carlos oliveira #ik carlos and Chris knowing each other in this au makes no sense #bc Chris works directly under orders of wesker #but idfc #it’s for fun

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Workplace AUs

Different AUs taking place in the characters' workplace.

Office

Law Firm

IT-Department

Coffee Shop/Café

Bookshop

Library

Flower Shop

Music Store

Tattoo Shop

Sex Shop

Art Studio

Music Studio

Convenience Store

Restaurant/Diner

Bar/Pub

Bakery

Pizza Place

School/University

Fire Department

Police Department

Secret Agency

Auto Repair Shop

Hospital

Day Care

School/University

Vet Clinic

Acting

Modeling

Truck Driving

Journalism

Nanny

Wedding Planner

Party Planner

#workplace au #office au #writeblr #writing #writers on tumblr #writing community #writing ideas #writing prompts #june 2023

[bambiraptorx]

As I mentioned in this post (technically in its tags), GMTT! Raph will try to eat anything that fits in his mouth. He's a giant toddler what did you expect Draxum

#rottmnt #rottmnt au #giant mutant toddler turtles #rottmnt baron draxum #rottmnt raph #turtle tots #...kinda #rottmnt fanart #rottmnt fanfiction #rottmnt fan comic #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #my art #if my workplace hazards included 'a giant toddler tries to eat me' i would also want a raise #also i have officially given up on trying to figure out how to draw the gargoyles' canon designs #a black/dark grey blob with legs is all you're getting from me from now on lmao #anyway i haven't really drawn like. a multi-page comic before so i like how this turned out

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

tfw ur besties have just a lil bit of separation anxiety so now ur gonna have to spend another whole entire night at ur place of work bc ur a sucker and u can only get a proper nights sleep when ur best buddy is hold u like ur precious and so so so important <3 what good friends u have

#bones of a rabbit #bones of a rabbit fic #fnaf fanfic #doodles #sketches #bones of a rabbit fnaf #fnaf sun x y/n #fnaf sun x reader #afton au #afton au sun #afton'd sun #lovesick sun #tw possessive #tw possessive behavior #tw obsessive behavior #tw obsession #afton au sun moon and reader shaking hands #being incredibly traumatized by a workplace accident and coping by clinging to one another and/or being violent #just bestie things uwu

[shitpostingkats]

Jaden and Yuri is a killer Dark World Rulers combo because Jaden hates doing administrative work and Yuri not only has the training, this scrappy purple toothpick shouting down 12 foot tall hell monstrosities is good for his enrichment.

#an important part of the gc au is Jaden actually is the king of the dark world #he's out there living a dark comedy workplace sitcom and it confuses and frightens everyone #I have an entire rooster of who Jaden's top henchmen/employees are #fun fact! with Yuri as prince they managed to corral Goldd and Sillva back into semi healthy work roles! #yugioh gc au #yugioh #yugioh gx #yugioh au #yugioh 5ds #yugioh zexal #yugioh dm #yugioh arc v #yugi moto #jaden yuki #yuki judai #judai yuki #yusei fudo #yuma tsukumo #yuya sakaki #yuri arc v

[canisalbus]

What do your boys smell like?

I talked about this a bit on this earlier post and I don't think I have anything significant to add to it at this time. But I could tell you which perfumes they might wear in modern times? (Scents are hard to describe but I included some of their main notes to give you a vaguest idea of what they're like).

Vasco

État libre d'Orange - Tom of Finland (iris, leather, tonka bean) Dior - Homme Parfum (leather, iris, rose) Tom Ford - Tuscan leather (leather, woody, amber)

Machete

Heeley - Cardinal (linen, myrrh, frankincense) État libre d'Orange - Rien Intense Incense (frankincense, amber) Lalique - Encre Noire (cypress, vetiver)

#I'm kind of sensitive to strong smells but also one of those people that are constantly sniffing everything (?) #so navigating perfumery is kind of hazardous a lot of them give me a headache or make me feel sort of ill and dizzy #but I think these are nice I own/have owned all of these except Tuscan Leather #which is so sophisticated and rich and leathery but awfully overpriced and I don't think I can ever afford a full bottle #answered #anonymous #modern au #a lot of overlapping ingredients because big surprise leather and frankincense are my favorites #I usually wear perfumes at home only because smelling strongly is kind of a faux pas in Finnish culture #a lot of schools and workplaces for example are expected or at least strongly encouraged to be as scent free as possible #which is smart I approve that #but it does limit your opportunities to find uses for these things

[baconcolacan]

These were actually some light gesture drawing studies. I just decided to clean it up a bit and make it gayer lol.

They’re super annoying when they get to flirt. I guess even being old and married for years wont make them keep their hands to themselves.

#eddsworld #tomtord #tordtom #ew tom #ew tord #ew future tom #ew future tord #ew Stay AU #dandraws #THESE GROSS OLD GAYS GAVE ME HAND CRAMPS #SOMEONE KICK THEM OUT OF THE BASE #GROSS THIS IS A WORKPLACE STOP #HELLO?????

[yourgaydads]

one of your duties as major arcana is taking lesser nightmares out for walkies. (previously)

#the corinthian #glob #deep red #ditty doll #dreaming workplace au #the sandman silliness #my comic #my drawing #i can't draw trees or grass #let's set this in a park #why people don't draw backgrounds or people from the chest down #sometimes he gets a nose

[overworkedunderwhelmed]

“Mind if I sketch?”

Adrien blinked, glancing up at her. “Not at all. We’ve probably both watched this more than once.”

She smiled, her pencil expertly flying across the page.

She hunched over the book but the tension in her shoulders practically melted as soon as his fingers pressed slightly on her skin.

Adrien sat up, dying to see how her sketch came together. She wasn’t exactly hiding the sketchbook, but his father had always been a little fretful about letting anyone see a sketch in progress. “Wouldn’t it help to have it paused?”

“Not with the TV screen so small. Stills can provide a lot of detail, but,” Marinette confided absently, as she continued to sketch, “I want to see how the fabric would move.”

For one tense moment, Adrien’s breath caught in his throat as the flash of a few spots caught his eye.

Why would Marinette care how the fabric moved on Ladybug? Unless…

Unless.

Unless she was making a dress herself. 

Or thinking about it very seriously.

Suddenly, Adrien needed to know. His mind raced, struggling to remember every little detail he could about what Marinette had mentioned about her friend who made her dress on their first date.

She had been a little protective about those details. Of course, she had also been pretending to be Kagami… 

Thanks to the amazing @xhanisai I now how more lovely art commissioned for The Rules of Engagement!

#miraculous ladybug #ml love square #ml fanart #adrinette #adrien agreste #marinette dupain cheng #fanart for my fic #ml fanfiction #aged up au #no powers AU #just one bed #fake dating #fake engagement #inspired by business proposal #and about a half dozen other romance in the workplace related webcomics

[bigfatbreak]

What does Twilight think of being put away in that tower, much less for so long?

She didn't like it, but thought it was necessary. So did her family.

That didn't make it any less lonelier. It just made her sadder.

#as a note twilight's parents arent to blame for this #velvet was VERY against this but celestia decreed an order for it #essentially threatening velvet's standing with the magical guilds if she tried to retaliate #night light tried his best to meet twilight as often as possible but there were questions from his workplace #shining armor is the definition of furious. #draconequus au #mlp fim

[vikingmagic33]

@gwynrielweeksofficial Modern Workplace AU with Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics for Gwynriel Weeks

Chapter 1 of Get Off is now up on AO3.

Link to Fic

Despite teasing from his brothers, Alpha Azriel swears he doesn’t need an omega to be happy. Until Gwyn storms into his office pissed off and glorious.

*rated for later chapters and safe for those triggered by pregnancy

#gwynriel #modern au #workplace romance #alpha beta omega #gwyneth berdara #gwynriel fanfiction #acotar #acosf #azriel shadowsinger #gwynriel weeks 2024