Hypothetical AU Meme. Because it's shiny. And I am bored

[bootson]

The Hypothetical AU Meme: Take any one of the fandoms you know I write AND give me a type of AU (space opera AU, pirate AU, superhero AU, etc) or another time period (Ancient Rome, Regency England, etc). I will then explain the gist of the story I would write for that AU.


I know I only really write bandom now, or at least that's all I've posted recently. So we'll go with anything you know I like. Which opens it up to bandom, White Collar, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Star Trek XI RPF, Star Trek, and anything else you can think of that I like since I can never think of everything when I'm trying to. Be as specific or vague (ie list pairings if you want) as you want to. Just entertain me! ;)

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Bandom, pirate au
Spencer/Gabe/Gerard
Being a pirate isn't all fun and games. You have to worry about your shipmates double-crossing you, which is how Spencer and Brendon end up down half their crew and picking up Dallon and Ian to pick up the slack. You have to worry about running from the authorities, which is why the Cobra crew has abandoned their ship in a fiery blaze of glory to bunk with The Academy. You have to worry about making enough money to keep food in your bellies and a ship running, which is why Gerard and Co. keep running rum even though the Spanish Main is getting increasingly dangerous.

The easy answer to all their problems is to find the largest treasure rumored to ever have been hidden. Unfortunately, Pete has gone straight and is shacked up with a magistrate, so he's not giving anyone any answers about where he hid everything. The Panic has the star map from when Pete left it on their ship the week he was making his goodbyes; Romance has the sea map that Mikey swiped when he had a break-up fling with Pete; Cobra managed to steal Pete's land map minutes before Patrick had his guard on them. The three crews are in competition and the Captains Smith, Saporta, and G. Way aren't exactly known for liking one another but this is the type of treasure they could split and still pull things off.

Only you can't take three known pirate ships across hostile waters so they all load onto Panic's (it has the smallest crew even though they have one of the largest ships. The mind, it boggles.) Somewhere between Torunga and this island Pete has mapped out, the crews get cozy, the captains share secrets and their not so sure why there was all this hate to begin with. Then they discuss their plans for AFTER they have the treasure days before reaching the island and it becomes every crew for itself. Only the island is inhabited, booby-trapped, and too close to a police presence for any of their liking.