Bonus Round 2: Images

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Back by popular demand, this round uses official canon artwork as fodder for speculation and extrapolation.
Please read the rules carefully before posting!

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on June 23 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

• Submit prompts in the form of a canon screencap from one of our nominated fandoms along with a ship. Screencaps can be from the anime or manga, as well as any other kind of offshoot media, e.g. official art, drama CD covers, light novel illustrations, magazine covers, photos from stage plays, and/or caps from games.
  • Doujinshi, fan-made games or any other fan-created work should not be prompted, even if you receive permission. Only prompt official, canon artwork.
  • Keep your prompt concise. Don't prompt a whole manga chapter, for example.
  • Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Abe & Tajima). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Abe/Tajima). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
  • Upload the cap somewhere (imgur works well) and post here with the images themselves or a link to them. Including a text-only summary of the image is encouraged.
• Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work inspired by the cap.
  • Fills can be directly connected to the cap, e.g. panel redraws or writing fic that fleshes out the moment that was capped or that fleshes out what happened directly before/after, but fills can also be more indirectly linked. As long as the work is somehow inspired by the cap, it counts.
  • Fills that are too long to fit in a single comment should have the rest of the fill placed as replies to the original fill comment. The subjects of these extra comments should be something like "part 2 of X" or "continued."
• 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!

Comments

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, M

[kiyala]

Death (of unnamed background characters), blood, violence
word count: 517

Nijimura stands frozen in the entrance of the warehouse, his heart caught in his throat, his instincts telling him to run. The entire place smells like blood and bleach. There are bodies lying all over the place, and from this distance, he can't even tell if most of them are breathing.

In front of him, there are two men struggling. Nijimura knows that he shouldn't be here, he shouldn't have gotten caught up in all of this in the first place but he didn't know better, back then. He didn't really know the mess that he was stepping into, blinded by beauty, his senses dulled by what should have just stayed a schoolboy's crush.

There's a sickening crack that makes Nijimura's stomach twist, and then Himuro looks up, his lips spreading into a smile, his cheeks, teeth and chin covered in blood.

"Shuuzo. I didn't know you were in the area."

Nijimura takes a step backwards, not sure how to respond. He wanted to surprise Himuro, and when he asked around, he was told to come here.

He really should have thought about the fact that all the mutual contacts they have on this side of the world were in street gangs when he met them, years ago. He should have stopped and thought about why they were all giving him the address to a warehouse, of all places.

"I'm sorry," Himuro laughs quietly. He reaches towards the limp body under him, tearing off part of their shirt, and uses it to wipe the blood of his face. "If I'd known you were coming, I would have set up a better welcome. I didn't really want you to see me like this."

"Uh." Nijimura is still at a loss for words. He would have thought, after all the things he saw through middle school, that nothing would really surprise him any more. He supposes that Himuro always has been in a class of his own.

"It's good to see you, Shuu," Himuro murmurs, getting to his feet. The dress pants he's wearing are dirty, and a little torn, as if he's been in a knife fight. He probably has been. Nijimura wonders why these kinds of people keep happening to him.

He wonders why he hasn't yet learned to turn around and walk away.

"It's good to see you too, Tatsuya," he says, finally finding his voice, and he's not even lying. Even as he watches the blood dripping down Himuro's hand, from what must be a cut under his sleeve. "You look like you're busy."

Himuro's smile is so frighteningly charming, as he wipes the blood away. "I just finished the work I had, actually. Do you want to get dinner? Ah, I suppose it's a bit early for that. Coffee? I have to get cleaned up, though. Do you mind if the coffee is at my apartment?"

Swallowing hard, Nijimura shrugs. "I don't mind at all."

They fall into step with each other, and Nijimura's skin tingles as his hand brushes against Himuro's.

The hand that just killed someone—while Nijimura watched.

Nijimura takes it anyway.