OFMD Big Bang 2023: I Just Need Some Air
that's right baybeyyy guess who did another big bang and managed to bag my cool friend doing the art <33
Title: I Just Need Some Air
Author: hoc_voluerunt / cuddlytogas
Artist: @tsunderejon / wellsussed
Beta reader: reneeissanc3
Characters: Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach, The Crew of the Revenge, Lucius Spriggs, Roach, Israel Hands, Wee John Feeney, Jim Jimenez, Oluwande Boodhari
Relationship(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Stede Bonnet & Crew of the Revenge, background Black Pete/Lucius Spriggs
Rating: T
Additional Tags: AU - Modern Setting, AU - Australia, Naarm/Melbourne, Social Anxiety, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, The Crew of the Revenge Loves Stede Bonnet, Crew of the Revenge as Family, Neurodivergent Stede Bonnet, Getting Together, Stede Bonnet Has Self-Esteem Issues, First Kiss, Bad Parent Stede Bonnet
Warnings: anxiety, panic attacks
Summary:
Stede Bonnet's been having panic attacks for almost as long as he can remember, suffocated by pressure and expectation. For years, he and Mary had an understanding, necessary for every stuffy networking party and corporate gala: I just need some air. And Stede would find the nearest exit, while Mary distracted the Badmintons before they could figure out where he'd gone. When Stede finally takes his life back — divorces Mary, moves to Melbourne, starts his own event management business — things get better, but he's still no good at parties. He still needs some air, even at the very events he's brought to fruition.
Meanwhile, Edward Teach, renowned chef and owner of Blackbeard's Catering, is wondering why the newest bigwig in events still hasn't hired him.
Modern AU set in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia; a family found and a romance grown in the alleyways behind galleries and function rooms.
Wordcount: 25,874
Link to art: https://twitter.com/wellsussed/status/1729256166830797143
Link to story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51737674
