sportsanime | Bonus Round 4: Quotes

A shipping olympics favorite, this round uses quotes of all sorts to fuel your creative endeavors.

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on July 21 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a quote attributed to a specific person or character, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
- Example: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - M. Gandhi
- The quote can come from anywhere. Famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, your neighbor, etc.
- Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. (This is not the sports anime gen olympics.) Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Makoto & Rin). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Makoto/Rin). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your quote-inspired fanwork.
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.

Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Word Count: 702, no major warnings apply

“Can you make this thing shut up?” Matsukawa looks at the mass of blankets and the screaming, crying noise coming from it.

“Aw, come on,” Hanamaki reaches into the pile and pulls out a baby with light hair, face pinched tight and red. The crying gets louder as he pulls the child to his chest. “She’s not a thing, she’s my niece. Say it with me now- ‘niece.‘”

“I can’t believe you can hear anything over her screaming.” Matsukawa’s arms are folded warily.

Hanamaki shrugs, shuffling from one foot to the other awkwardly to make a swaying motion. “She can’t help it, try not to hold it against her.”

“Why did we agree to this?”

Hanamaki rolls his eyes. “My sister and her husband are going to a conference for her work in Kyoto. It’s a big deal, she’s getting an award, and they can’t really bring a young kid to the ceremony. Because, you know, this. She yells.”

“Hire a babysitter, then. We’re gonna kill this thing.” Matsukawa says this as Hanamaki actually manages to quiet the child and shoots him a triumphant grin.

“Niece. Not thing.” He sighs, placing the baby in her portable crib. “Besides, I know what I'm doing. I've read 10 of the Babysitter's Club books."

"Really?" The corner of his mouth twitches, amused.

"Yeah, I'm totally a Kristy with maybe like a dash of Claudia."

“Mm, does that make me Stacey then?”

“Totally, babe.”

Matsukawa laughs at that. “Fine, we can do this, I guess.”

Hanamaki slides his arms around his waist and kisses him lightly on the lips. “That’s the spirit.”

“Can I ever say ‘no’ to you?”

“Nope!” Hanamaki grins brightly. At that moment, the baby starts to fuss, whining with a less urgent tone.

“This is going to be constant, isn’t it?” Matsukawa sighs, rubbing a temple.

“Probably,” Hanamaki admits. “Can you hold her while I go grab her binkie from the bag?”

Matsukawa opens his mouth to maybe tell his boyfriend that he’s maybe never held a baby before. But before he can, Hanamaki is out the door, and the baby needs attention. He braces himself before leaning over the kid, mimicking the way he’s seen Makki pick her up. He cradles her in his arms and starts to gently rock her. He watches her face melt into a relaxed expression, her eyes closed with thick lashes, her chubby cheeks normal in color. He vaguely thinks that she’s cute, kinda. Almost in the way that Hanamaki is when he’s sleeping in that angelic, cherub-like way that seems to run in the family.

“Alright, sorry it was at the bottom of the ba- oh.” Hanamaki rushes through the door only to stop and stare. His boyfriend looks up at him, expression still tender, the gentle sway in his step and careful hold on the baby combined with the light coming through the window make Matsukawa look like a vision. Hanamaki swallows roughly. “Uh. You got her to stop.”

Matsukawa looks back at the kid with a small smile. “Huh, yeah, I guess I did. I think she’s sleeping now.”

Hanamaki hums and they stand there in silence for a moment, as though to make sure she’s sleeping.

“She’s peaceful.” Matsukawa murmurs.

“You say that now,” Hanamaki chuckles. “Your tune sure changed fast.”

“Maybe it was divine intervention.”

“Maybe.” There’s a pause. “You look good with her. Like, it looks right.”

Matsukawa looks at him with wide eyes, surprised. Hanamaki blushes and shifts his weight, “I mean, not in a sexual way, or like a weird way or anything. I just mean that… maybe one day you wouldn’t mind, you know, holding one every day.”

Matsukawa blinks. “Takahiro, are you asking me to have children with you?”

“I mean when you put it like that, it kinda sounds-“

“Yes.” Matsukawa laughs, setting down the baby, soundly sleeping, so he can cup his boyfriend’s face, pressing their foreheads together. “I mean, let’s make it through this weekend first but, it’s awful and domestic and I love it.”

“I love you.” Hanamaki counters, grinning.

“Y’know, when she’s sleeping, she kinda reminds me of you.”

“Are you calling me a baby?”

“I might be.”

“Fair.”

THIS IS SO CUTE AHHH!!! SO CUTE SO LOVELY I DIE

and it just made me grin wowow thank you <333

Bonus Round 4: Quotes

FILL: TEAM KYOUTANI KENTAROU/YAHABA SHIGERU, G

Re: FILL: TEAM KYOUTANI KENTAROU/YAHABA SHIGERU, G