#DTStrikeoutAU

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someone meeting the team for the first time: are you two dating?

Sam and Sapnap, cuddling: what? No?

Sapnap: (pointing at DNF) they’re dating

Sam: (gesturing to Velvet and Ant): they’re married

Both of them pointing at Bad and Skeppy: and those two have Demons

they take their reputation as the gayest team in the league VERY seriously

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Ur strikeout au seems so interesting but i can't piece together anything 😭 could you vaguely explain what its about (also is Sapnap in it), thank youu

LOLLLL yes sorry this was my brainchild last night when I was a little tipsy and at a baseball game so I just threw together the tag hehe

Yes, every member of the Munchy group is in it! (dream, George, sapnap, sam, bbh, skeppy, ant, velvet, callahan)

Basically it's a baseball AU with Team Munchy as our protagonist team that just accepted a new bunch of post-college, MLB rookies: dream team! And the unexpected romance that budded between Dream and George that the whole team teases them about.

Our team lineup:

Catcher- BBH

Pitcher - Skeppy

1st Base- Dream

2nd base - Sam

3rd base- Sapnap

shortstop- Antfrost

right field - GNF

left field - Velvet

Centerfield - Callahan

Scorekeeper - Sylvee

old centerfielder used to be Punz but then he got demoted to bat retriever when Dteam came along and filled more "high dollar" spots on the field. Punz became so bitter towards them that he worked a deal to trade to the opps team (WIP name for them is maaaaybe the "wolves" bc...they are the angry wolves that dteam get harassed by all the time lol...).

The AU covers their shenanigans on the field during games (in the opps' relentless one-sided rivalry with them), at practices, (and off the field as DNF navigate their feeling for each other but not wanting to jeopardize the team synergy) !

*Ant and Velvet are married in this AU and skephalo have Homoerotic Demons...thank you*

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guys it's midnight but I am attempting to cook up a consistent aesthetic rn

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Skeppy specifically trains for years to perfect his technique and be Munchy's pitcher, and when he suggests Bad be the team's catcher, Bad is just like, 'oh, sure, standing up for long periods of time makes my feet hurt anyways' or something and some of the ferocity of Skeppy's fastballs stems from the burning fury of not knowing if the joke just went completely over Bad's head or if he's ignoring it on purpose to fuck with him.

Velvet is the left fielder specifically because it's the best view of third baseman Antfrost's ass.

Obsessed with skephalo pitcher and catcher ooo

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Baseball AU where Dream gets really hurt during a game (goddamnit opps) and everyone else has to somehow cover for him while also seeking revenge (maybe the opp who hurt him wasn't punished or smth?)

Badboyhalo decided to live up to his demon nickname and start hitting the most insane balls straight at players on the field with no mercy

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my contribution is george before throwing the ball looks at dream, kisses the ball and says “this one’s for you 😉” and then completely misses

GOD HE WOULD BE LIKE THIS😭😭😭😭

George is teased for being the dugout twink mascot but if you get him riled up enough he can hit a ball straight out of the park (or maybe intentionally at the…lower regions of the other teams pitcher but that’s no one’s business but his own)

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oh!! Techno as a retired player!! THE BLOOD GOD, nobody could get crowds hooting and hollering and climbing all over each other like him!! and now that he's retired he's like some kind of, benign urban legend.

His Twitter has one post in it, made when he was still playing, that says, "I was told to make a Twitter by management, so here it is."

He's so evasive about his current job that everybody in baseball assumes it must be some kind of CIA-spy stuff but really he teaches Literature and World History at a local high school and none of his students tell the press because they either don't watch baseball or think it's hilarious.

He slid into the dugout and asked Dream for an autograph once and Dream almost passed out standing up, and then laughed until he wheezed when Techno said, "yeah i totally want your autograph, of course -- like, you know *sapnap.*"

He's an urban legend in the sense that he has lifetime season passes to the home stadium of the Muchy team and his own private box but he would much rather be in the dugout silently watching the players and giving them the occasional comment to change their batting stance a little bit. He can't help but be drawn to the field.

He's got a golden eye for talent and rather than treating dream like a celebrity, he treats him like an /apprentice/ and gives him tips but makes him work for it! Think "karate kid".

Dream is the "newest" talent in terms of him joining baseball "later in life" than most on the team so techno is drawn to mentoring him specifically because his potential is already INSANE.

I do like the twitter thing that is very fun

Considering he's a hall of fame player he certainly doesn't need to ever work again but I think he would probably be a massive donor to little leagues and maybe spend some time visiting local school teams to get those kids excited to play in college!

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I wanna know more about how everyone’s relationships developed in the baseball AU :3 like did DNF have a slow burn or was it more like an instant connection? Were Velvetfrost married when they all met? What about the skephalo demons how long have those been going on? When did Sam and Sapnap end up in a QPR? :D

YAYYYY OK

Dnf hit it off instantly in terms of getting along but their romantic journey had a slow burn for sure! Dream fighting his "southern Florida athlete" internalized homophobia demons and also the general pressure of not wanting to fuck up team synergy as they realized they had feelings for each other. I think there was probably some mutual hurt in the middle as they both tried to shy away from public speculation but ended up hurting each other in the process. All is forgiven eventually once they actually communicate 😭😭

Velvetfrost were star players at their home college and a dynamic duo that /required/ recruitment to the same MLB team after they were scouted. They were engaged by their senior year of college and got married after their first professional MLB season! They've been connected at the hip for as long as the public has known them :)

Skeppy and BBH met on the Munchies and came in during different years! Skeppy was on the team first and then BBH got signed a year or two later after moving from a previous team. They had a somewhat normal friendship for the first two years and something changed after that to where they almost act like spouses now. No one knows what changed or what happened but now they are regarded as A Pair.

Sam and Sap are basically brothers from other mothers! Sap moved into the house and became "bros" with sam instantly and they became good friends very fast!! it helps that they live together but also they have the same "I love hugging and sharing clothes with my friends" boundaries so it was a good match!

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omg dteam + Sam sharing a house is so cute... I wonder what their different appartments look like lol.

I wanna imagine dnf have a big bed that they share meanwhile Sam and Sap technically have their own beds but they end up asleep on the couch next to one another half the time so they ended up getting just like. a really big couch (platonic cuddling <33)

OKAY YES I HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS

so Sam lives in a duplex from his college days that he loved so much so he had it gutted and renovated as soon as he got that good MLB money, then there was word of new rookies coming from out-of-state who needed housing with the team so it was perfect!

So Sam and Sapnap have one side and Dream and George have the other side!!

They all have their own rooms but eventually, Dream and George just decide to turn one room into a bedroom and one room into an office once they are settled into their relationship.

Sam and Sap /do/ have the "team cuddle pile" couch in their living room which is thisssss beauty that I want so badly someday: (Imagine it a little bigger than this one with another cushion in the center so everyone can fit into it like a big bed when it gets crowded)

Sam has unironic sporty dad-joke signs hung up and sapnap has an impressive stack of hats in the corner of his room so it's kind of like "homey fratboy vibes" lmfao but they hang championship merch on the walls which always looks cool as fuck

Dream and George go for minimalism but end up having "minimalism decor with lots of goofy little trinkets everywhere because they are making a home in this Californian duplex" as well as some framed action shots of each other playing and many team pics!

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I think I got a little too into the idea of a samnap baseball au qpr because I've been sitting here rotating it in my brain with no other thoughts 😭

I mean hey if you wanna rotate them in your brain like a microwave that's fine with me :-)

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Wait should I be making a tag for all of this…?

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whenever they are playing the opps the team has to take a few moments to figure out if Dream got hurt due to his horrible luck or if it was on purpose, the opps know about Dreams horrible luck so it is probably them when they play each other but it doesn’t get caught by the umpires as much because this is the same guy who somehow hit a high ball and knocked himself out.

that freak accident happened to my brother friend as his helmet fell off due to it being loose because of his very thick fluffy hair

OH MY GOD😭😭😭

Poor Dream is fighting like 3 different types of demons in this AU💀

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(Baseball AU) I wanna know what everyone's first reactions to DNF finally GETTING together were :D

Sam and Sapnap were relieved to be free from the pining when BOTH of dnf would vent to sapnap about their feelings for the other

...but also terrified of the fact that they share a wall 😭😭

Callahan gives them one "took you long enough" look, Sylvee jokes that this makes the team even ~closer~

ant and velvet act surprised that they weren't clearly together (velvet: "-with the amount of eyefucking on that field already!")

skephalo are smug about the whole ordeal but choose to keep their mouths close (but definitely tease them in private about being blind idiots)

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Baseball AU Question: You mentioned that DNF and Skephalo switch jerseys to freak out fans and since Sam and Sapnap share clothes… do they ever get each other’s jerseys mixed up in the wash?

Dnf and skephalo switch positions on the field! So occasionally skephalo will play 1st and right field while dnf play catcher and pitcher :D but it riles the fans up just the same!!

But yes I can absolutely imagine sapnap and sam would probably accidentally swap jerseys at least once when they are both in a rush to get to the stadium lol

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is Sam/Sapnap a thing in the Baseball story?

I have QPR demons lol

I'd be down for a QPR with them!!! I don't wanna do anything romantic but they are bros who cuddle and wear the same size clothes so why /wouldn't/ they just share the same closet because it makes sense :P

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for the baseball au are there any other people involved that arent on the team?

YES!!

Gia is the charming bilingual sports announcer for the stadium and Puffy is a concession worker in the stands who routinely ditches her actual job to chit-chat with Sylvee in the dugout while the boys are on the field (she's too good at her job of convincing people to buy shitty overpriced popcorn for them to ever fire her)!

and Parker is in the announcer box with Gia playing tunes on the organ in between plays!