Bonus Round 2: AUs

SASO 2015 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).

This round is made for exploration of all those "what-if?" scenarios, like "what if my favorite sports anime was actually a spaghetti western?" or "what if everything was the same except everyone was actually a car?"

This round ends at 7PM on June 27 EDT. Countdown Timer.

RULES

Submit prompts by commenting to this post with an alternate universe idea, along with a ship from one of our nominated fandoms.
An AU could be a canon divergence, e.g. "what if [team] didn't win the Inter High in season 1, but [other team] did instead?", or a completely different setting altogether, e.g.s pop idol AU, coffee shop AU, superheroes AU, etc.
Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
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. 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: Post written/text fills directly to the round with clear tags. Please link to art/visual fills. You can include a small safe-for-work preview if you'd like. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO 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: Post written/text fills directly to the round with clear tags. Please link to art/visual fills. You can include a small safe-for-work preview if you'd like. 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

Shimizu Kiyoko/Michimiya Yui (Haikyuu!!)

AU in which one is immortal and the other reincarnates.

this....

*wipes tears* So beautiful and...painful but beautiful

Number:4

When Yui remembers her, things don’t always work out.

There’s always a ping that goes off in the back of her mind, something that tells her she’s back, Yui’s back and Kiyoko starts her search. She’s not always in the same place, she doesn’t always have the same name, but somewhere in the world Michimiya Yui was being born again, and Kiyoko seems to exist only to love her.

This time, they were strangers, and Kiyoko finds herself hopelessly in love with and best friends with a straight girl. She always loves Yui, that never changes, but sometimes it’s easier to keep it quiet. There are different types of love, she argues with herself, and this time, like many times before, it’s the friendship she needs.

There are dozens of breakups where Kiyoko brings the ice cream and the shoulder to cry on, before Yui finds the right guy. He’s great, objectively, and Kiyoko lets herself drift away as they grow closer together. It’s easier, than explaining her existence, easier to let Yui drift off into another happy ending, even if it’s not one of Kiyoko’s good ones.

The next time they come together like the intervening years never happened. Love at first (or hundredth) sight and Kiyoko sighs against Yui’s neck and forgets about all the times they weren’t together. For this lifetime, Kiyoko imagines it’s her only one.

It’s in times like these when Kiyoko tells her the whole story. Yui remembers bits and pieces, snippets of memories from lives she once lived, but Kiyoko remembers it all, she remembers it for the both of them. They sit together, curled around each other with Kiyoko’s cheek against Yui’s head and she tells their story like it’s a fairytale.

“We’re the reason people believe in soulmates.” She always starts, and in the lifetimes when Yui remembers more, she laughs at the recurring joke. This time she listens instead. “There was a blessing, or maybe it was a curse, but each of your lifetimes I find you.” Kiyoko strokes Yui’s hair, smoothing it down. “Sometimes you don’t love me back.”

Yui gasps, and Kiyoko laughs, because she expects that too. When she loves her, Yui is always indignant about the times when she doesn’t. “That can’t be true.” She says.

“It’s true. Sometimes I’m your friend, sometimes you don’t like me at all, but sometimes you love me.”

“Is it always like this?” Yui asks, “When I love you? Do I always love you as much as I do right now?”

“Yes.” Kiyoko says, though it’s always a hard question to answer. Who’s to say Yui won’t love her more in the next life, or grow apart from her in this one? There are never any guarantees, but in their short years together Kiyoko doesn’t have time to put doubts in Yui’s head.

“Good. I want to give you so much love that you don’t miss me in those screwed up lifetimes.”

Kiyoko laughs again at Yui’s determination. “I always miss you, but it’s easier if I can remember the times like these.”

“Will you remember this for me? Will you tell me every detail of this exact moment?” Yui asks.

“I will. And I’ll tell you about every time I’ve made you that promise before. We’ve got so many moments for you to remember.”

Bonus Round 2: AUs

Bonus Round 2: AUs

PROMPT: Team Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke

Re: PROMPT: Team Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke

FILL: SWAG 2016