Bonus Round 1: Memory

[referees]

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.

Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. (There are changes from last year!)

RULES

• 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!
• Post fills by leaving a responding comment to a 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. 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; otherwise write "no tags" or "none") NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and use clear tags in your comment. Written/text fills should be hosted at AO3 ONLY. 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) 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. 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.
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Comments

FILL: Team Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru, G

[sotongsotong]

rule 63, seijou still loses here i'm sorry, 645 words


It starts with the curl of Tooru’s pinky finger against Hajime’s own.

It lies there, sort of tentatively, sort of hello are you happy to see me, so when Hajime links them together, she says back of course you idiot I am I am. The way they realise they’re kinda in love with each other unfolds like a lotus flower in the mornings, slowly blooming as the right time comes, and then, they’re there.

They’re there together.


*


“I hate dreaming about being alone,” Tooru says out of the blue one day, “there’s no one, no volleyball, no you.”

“What’s inside that dream, then?” Hajime tangles her fingers in the hem of Tooru’s tank top, rubbing comforting circles onto her waist. “There’s got to be one thing at least.”

Tooru’s eyes glaze over, a dead sheen passes like the flickering of a single lamp-light on one stretch of road; it leaves just like that. She sucks in air, and breathes, “There’s really just me.”

(and only me)


*



“What do we do when we’re done with the tournament?”

Tooru doesn’t immediately answer; she hems and haws until Hajime crooks her finger into Tooru’s bra strap through the back of her shirt, and snaps it with no amount of greater satisfaction. Her girlfriend yelps, and turns on her with the most wobbly pout.

“Iwaaa-chan—!!”

“Ready to face the truth now, Kusokawa?”

Tooru evades Hajime’s gaze now, but that’s alright. Hajime knows she’s listening.

The other girl begins slowly. “After tournament’s over, we have entrance exams. Then, we have graduation, and, after graduation, we have university, I guess?” Her eyes glance towards Hajime’s quickly. “Are you going to head for university too or are you going to join your family’s sake business instead?”

Hajime announces with no undue boredom in her tone. “Don’t really know yet.”

Tooru squawks and begins fussing over Hajime like some misplaced mother hen; internally, Hajime snorts at their ironic switch of roles now. “Iwa-chan! You can’t be like that! We’re so near to the end of the year, and there’s not that much time to mull about anymo—“

Hajime reaches over to snap Tooru’s bra strap again.

After Tooru’s done whining and trying to return the favour to Hajime, they calm down, start walking back to their homes lazily like ants detouring from their mound. The sky’s purple, the clouds stream like bubbles, and the whole world seems slightly lighter.


*


Hajime’s crying, and she doesn’t feel good, she hadn’t been enough, she—

She hadn’t done her best in their last chance for Seijou to finally meet Nationals, and these tears just fall.

It’s as she’s hunching over, screwing up her face to deal with the sting in her eyes and the break in her heart, that she feels someone come up behind her to—

Hajime jolts when she feels a harsh thwack on her back; that someone had pulled her back strap to slap it against her skin. She whirls around, ready to yell or most likely cry on them only to find that it is just Tooru.

Tooru’s entire face has this pinched aura, but Hajime’s the one in awe because Tooru hasn’t cried yet, unlike the rest of the volleyball team.

(Tooru is strong, and she can only grow stronger.)

“Don’t go back on your own words now, Hajime,” she hisses, low but caring, “because we had six people on that court— in that game— and you were very definitely one of the strongest.”

She smacks Hajime’s back again as if to punctuate her words, to strengthen them for Hajime’s own ears.

And Tooru moves forth, like a tiny spark of fire bidding its time to engulf a whole forest again.


your name is
the strongest
positive and negative
connotation in any language
it either lights me up or
leaves me aching for days.
—rupi kaur