sportsanime | Bonus Round 3: Gift Tags

Feeling generous? In this round, you get to give creative gifts as prompts.

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on July 7 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

Submit prompts as a gift tag in the format below. You can specify the size and a characteristic of the gift, who the sender is, who the recipient is, and a one or two sentence note from the sender to the recipient. Descriptions of the package and the included note don’t have to be explicit, see below.

Package: medium sized cube, rattles
From: Kageyama Tobio
To: Hinata Shouyou
Note: These will help you get better.
Envelope: manila, 12''x17'', very thick and heavy
From: Tezuka Kunimitsu
To: Kinjou Shingo
Note: Enclosed - Play without regrets!

Your prompt MUST include a relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Riko & Momoi). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Riko/Momoi). Please don't say "Any pairing," either.
Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work. Fillers can get creative with how to interpret the prompt: your fill can be about the character receiving the gift, one or both characters using the gift, what prompted the sender to send the gift—the physical gift itself can even be excluded from your fill. What’s important is that the gift tag is clearly the inspiration for your fill.
Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.

FORMAT

Bonus round shenanigans all happen in the comments below. Brand-new works only, please.

Required Work Minimums:

400 words (prose)
400px by 400px (art)
14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

Format your comment in one of the following ways:

If PROMPTING:	If FILLING:	If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to, including Grandstand or Sports Teams Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Place the prompt's relationship in the first bolded line of the comment. Including the canon isn't required, but it's nice. Below that, place applicable major content tags (when applicable; otherwise write "no tags" or "none") Visual example	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Place applicable major content tags and word count before your fill (when applicable) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY as a new, unchaptered work. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere. You may include a small safe-for-work preview of the fill in your comment. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/> Visual example	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill, G - E, as explained in the rules Place applicable major content tags and word count before the fill, where applicable NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY as a new, unchaptered work. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere. You may include a small safe-for-work preview of your work in your comment. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example

Posts not using this format will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, regardless of what they contain. They, like all comments in this community, are subject to the code of conduct.

SCORING

These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual teammate. Make as many prompts/fills as you want!

For prompts: 5 points each (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)

For fills:

First 3 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 4-10: 10 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21+: 2 points each

All scored content must be created new for this round.

Etc.

If you're hunting through the prompts looking for what to fill, a good trick is to view top-level comments only.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Akashi Seijuurou/Kuroko Tetsuya, Kuroko no Basuke
no tags

Package: A slithery material, shimmering, almost translucent
From: (no name)
To: Tetsuya
Note: Use it well.

EYE EMOJI AF

screams very softly between my fingers, this is so good conceptually

then you have brain-24/7-in-the-gutter people like me and the first thing my brain pops up with is "is the package a...condom" I'M SO SORRY

~~well i mean they both go over the head --~~

honestly feeling so attacked rn every time i see a prompt and im like I HAVE A GREAT NEED ur name is attached /shakes u

OUR TEAM WHY IS OUR TEAM LIKE THIS. THE NIOU/KISE CROSSOVER SDFJHAKL

ok well i technically sort-of-but-not-really filled niou/kise on my twitter LOL im too thirsty

Kuroko / Akashi & Kagami, G, Harry Potter!AU, 592 words

The celebration in the Gryffindor common room is still in full swing when Kuroko slips into his dorm. He almost misses the package on his bed, the wrapping paper blending into his bed sheets at first glance. Kuroko frowns. He doesn't remember leaving the window open, but Furihata must have opened a crack after their potions class.

In his six years at Hogwarts, Kuroko has never received packages from anyone outside of his family. After all, most of his friends were here, and everyone knew Kuroko spent more time on the quidditch pitch than he did in the boys' dorm.

Still, Kuroko takes a moment to read the note. There's only a handful of people who address him with Tetsuya, but that doesn't explain the silky fabric folded neatly inside of the package.

Kuroko has only seen Akashi's invisibility cloak twice, when they used to meet in the library past curfew. It's been years since Kuroko has spoken to Akashi outside of curt greetings in class, and even longer since he's had time to think about Akashi's pureblood lineage. The cloak, Kuroko knows, is a family heirloom.

"What's up?" Kagami's voice cuts through Kuroko's thoughts. He's still clad in his robes from the first challenge, although someone has taken the time to charm a Gryffindor-colored flower crown on top of Kagami's wild hair. Riko-senpai, probably. "Why are you hiding up here? Everyone's still celebrating."

Kuroko sets the fabric down. "I could say the same thing about you. You are the Hogwarts champion, after all."

Kagami just shrugs and takes a seat on his bed. "I got lucky with the first challenge. If my firebolt hadn't flown into the stage, I would've been toast. What's that?"

It takes a moment for Kuroko to respond. "This is Akashi-kun's invisibility cloak."

Kagami squints at him. "Why do you have your ex-boyfriend's invisibility cloak? Aren't these things super rare?"

"Please don't call him that."

"Fine." Kagami throws his arms up. "Why do you have the cutthroat Slytherin prefect's invisibility cloak?"

Kuroko considers this as he runs his hand along said cloak. "It seems that he wants to see Hogwarts win the Triwizard Tournament more than he wants to see Gryffindor fail."

"Isn't it his duty to entertain our guests?" Kagami huffs. "There's a rumor that he's been courting the Champion from Beauxbaton-- the pretty half-veela kid."

This makes Kuroko smile. "His name is Kise-kun, and you know it."

"What I know is that Akashi spends more time staring at you than he does anyone else. I can't tell if he wants to kill you or kiss you."

"Kagami-kun."

Kagami shrugs and removes the flower crown. "All I'm saying is that if Akashi wants to help me, it's probably because he doesn't want to see you disappointed. After all, I'm like- you know, his replacement or something"

Kuroko gives him a flat stare. "You are not his replacement, in any sense of the word."

"You should tell him that." Kagami waves absently as he heads back towards the door. "I'm going back to the party, but I'll use that cloak for the next challenge. Tell Akashi thanks once you've worked out this weird thing between you two."

Kuroko says nothing as he watches Kagami leave. He glances back at the cloak, remembering the graceful way Akashi slipped it over his head during the earlier days of their friendship.

Use it well, the note says.

Kuroko smiles to himself. He needs to pay the Slytherin Dungeon another visit.

HP!AU and AkaKuro......thank you....;_; I adore how you've brought canon over to this AU, with quidditch, and Akashi guiding Kuroko, and Kise as a half-veela!

Your voice for Kuroko was incredible! His calm strength came across really well, and it contrasts so nicely with Kagami's sharper, less polished tone. There's a difference in the quality of the sentences when they read, this slower rhythm to Kuroko's words, and I love it a lot <3

And you referenced Kuroko's relationship with Akashi in such an amazing way - how they used to meet in the library, how long it's been since they've talked. ALSO TALK ABOUT AKASHI CALLING KUROKO BY HIS FIRST NAME SHFLASSJJLKDA: GUARANTEED TO GET ME EVERY TIME. I really love how you made the cloak a family heirloom - it gives the gift that much more significance, and the undertones of that whole paragraph:

Kuroko has only seen Akashi's invisibility cloak twice, when they used to meet in the library past curfew. It's been years since Kuroko has spoken to Akashi outside of curt greetings in class, and even longer since he's had time to think about Akashi's pureblood lineage. The cloak, Kuroko knows, is a family heirloom.

ajkhfskljdgh'al;fssdkg I LOVE THIS PARAGRAPH AND ALL THE NUANCES THERE. He's only seen it twice and it's a family heirloom and Akashi is a pureblood and thIS IS THE MOST HEARTBREAKING THING BECAUSE JUST WHAT DID IT MEAN FOR AKASHI TO GIFT THIS TO KUROKO I AM SO --

The dynamic between Kuroko and Kagami was amazing as well, and I particularly love the section where Kuroko assures Kagami that he is most definitely not a replacement :D It's such a good section for both of them - Kagami, who's maybe still a little uncertain about what he is to Kuroko, and Kuroko, with his complicated past and his 'weird thing' with Akashi.

"You should tell him that."

I really love this line because you get such a feel for what sort of things Akashi has been presenting outside of this story - how focussed he still must be on Tetsuya, as Kagami says earlier.

And also. THIS THING HERE.

Kuroko says nothing as he watches Kagami leave. He glances back at the cloak, remembering the graceful way Akashi slipped it over his head during the earlier days of their friendship.

THIS IS THE FAMILY HEIRLOOM CLOAK HE HAS ONLY SEEN TWICE AND AKASHI HAS LET HIM WEAR IT I AM SO -- THESE TWO ARE THEJKS LIFKAHJRFLKSLH THIS IS SO. GOOD. AND JUST. THIS EMBODIMENT OF HOW AKASHI GAVE HIM THAT INVISIBILITY, AS HE DID IN CANON, ALLOWED HIM TO EXPERIENCE THIS SUPER RARE THING --

Akashi didn't even appear in person and you still managed to portray this amazingly layered picture of his thoughts and his motivations I AM SO IMPRESSED AND ALSO SO GRATEFUL THAT THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR ONE OF MY PROMPTS THANK YOU SO MUCH ;A;

ALSO ALSO -

Use it well, the note says.

Kuroko smiles to himself. He needs to pay the Slytherin Dungeon another visit.

CAN I JUST -- USE IT WELL THE NOTE SAYS AND KUROKO'S GONNA GO FOR A BOOTY CALL GOOD STUFF GOOD STUFF

I KID ~~but not really like skdhjfajlk~~

Thank you so much for this fill - I really enjoyed reading it and I'm so grateful that you chose to write for this prompt!!!

Bonus Round 3: Gift Tags

PROMPT: Team Tennis no Ouji-sama

Re: PROMPT: Team Tennis no Ouji-sama

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Re: PROMPT: Team Tennis no Ouji-sama

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FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI, G

Re: FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI, G