sportsanime | Bonus Round 1: Memory

Let's start our summer by looking at the past—things that happened in canon, or maybe in an AU, or maybe just as wishful thinking...

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on June 9 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

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Submit prompts by commenting to this post! You prompt should consist of one scenario beginning with the phrase "Remember when", along with any ship/ot3/etc. from our list of nominated fandoms.
- Your prompts can take the form of recalling canon facts/events ("Remember when Nozomi and Eli got parfaits after school?"), non-canon events ("Remember when Megumi and Jin met at the Tadokoro Family Reunion?"), or somewhere in-between ("Remember when Bokuto and Kenma first met?"). Headcanons and AUs are welcome!
- 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., Rei & Nagisa). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Rei/Nagisa). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
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400 words (prose)
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14 lines (poetry)

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Word Count: 521

"Never really expected them to get together, did you?" Nico asks, shooting a furtive glance past Hanayo's shoulder. Her gaze lands on someone across the room, and locks.

There's a sharpness to Nico's words, a pins and needles prickle like maybe it's her jealousy that's just then gone and woken up. Hanayo knows what she'll see, if she turns her head to look: the graceful curve of their friend's white-clad back, as she spins her blushing, laughing bride around the dance floor. The peal of those giggles is unmistakable from clear across the room.

But she knows Nico, too, and doubts the other girl is half as put out as she seems.

"I think it's nice," Hanayo says. "I think they make each other happy."

She's decisive enough in her words that Nico doesn't say anything at all, allowing a hush to fall over them as they whirl around the dance floor. It gives Hanayo time to admire the clever movements of Nico's feet, never stepping too broadly, or too quickly, but instead keeping them perfectly in time with the waltz. Nico's eyes might be hard, but her hands on Hanayo are soft, deftly maneuvering her with only the lightest of presses against her back or the subtlest of pushes against her hand.

"I never knew you could dance like this," Hanayo confides, into the quiet Nico has left open between them.

"I've always been an incredible dancer," Nico huffs, glancing away to look off to one side.

They dance another measure, and another measure more past that, neat sequences of steps that match the music exactly. Hanayo points out, gently, "That isn't what I meant."

"I know," Nico says, a little too fast. "I know it's not what anybody expects. There's nothing cute about leading, when there's only one person following you! It's not cute without a stage, and an audience. There's nothing cute about this kind of dancing at all."

"I think it's cute," Hanayo says. "I think you're very cute in your bridesmaid's dress. It compliments you really well."

For a moment Nico holds herself strung taut as a bowstring, the tension in her shoulders winding tight beneath the palm of Hanayo's hand. For the first time that evening they lose the rhythm of the dance, falling out of time as Nico freezes for a single moment in the middle of the floor. It lasts only a measure — by the beginning of the next sequence Nico is back in action, moving just as cleanly as before.

But she's looser, and even as the pink flush rises in her cheeks, a crooked little smile pulls at the corners of her mouth. "If it was anyone else saying that, I maybe wouldn't believe them. But since it's you, I suppose I'll just have to accept the compliment."

She's posturing, giving a little sniff, pretending at disdain. But Hanayo knows Nico, and would never mistake the subtle pleasure underlying her words for anything besides that simple truth. Nico is happy for her friends on their wedding day — she'd simply wanted someone to tell her that she was beautiful, too.

HEEEEE I'm so glad you included The Ship in the background, for one, that's the most important-- /SHOT

Jokes aside, I really liked this a lot! I love the way you write Hanayo, actually; she's resolute but still maintains her quiet strength, and it's something I'd love to channel into the way I write her in future. <3 Nico is such an adorable shit too, I love it.

Bonus Round 1: Memory

FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA, G

Re: FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA, G