sportsanime | Bonus Round 3: Gift Tags

Feeling generous? In this round, you get to give creative gifts as prompts.

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

RULES

Submit prompts as a gift tag in the format below. You can specify the size and a characteristic of the gift, who the sender is, who the recipient is, and a one or two sentence note from the sender to the recipient. Descriptions of the package and the included note don’t have to be explicit, see below.

Package: medium sized cube, rattles
From: Kageyama Tobio
To: Hinata Shouyou
Note: These will help you get better.
Envelope: manila, 12''x17'', very thick and heavy
From: Tezuka Kunimitsu
To: Kinjou Shingo
Note: Enclosed - Play without regrets!

Your prompt MUST include a relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Riko & Momoi). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Riko/Momoi). Please don't say "Any pairing," either.
Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work. Fillers can get creative with how to interpret the prompt: your fill can be about the character receiving the gift, one or both characters using the gift, what prompted the sender to send the gift—the physical gift itself can even be excluded from your fill. What’s important is that the gift tag is clearly the inspiration for your fill.
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

Nijimura/Akashi (Kuroko no Basuke)

Package: taped box with an international postage stamp
From: Nijimura Shuuzou & family
To: Akashi Seijuurou
Note: this is thanks for the gift you sent but how did you even know our address???

no tags
word count: 515

It's not as though Nijimura actively seeks Akashi out to walk with him, but that seems to be the way he ends most of his days after practice lately, the two of them side by side with nothing but the sound of their footsteps to break the silence. It's comforting, and Nijimura is beginning to realise that perhaps even that isn't as one-sided as he initially thought. There's a certain comfort that Akashi takes in his company too; Nijimura can see it in the slightly relaxed line of his shoulders, the way he's just content to walk without overthinking what's happening around him.

They understand each other, in their own way, and Nijimura likes that. Akashi is caught between enjoying the time he has with his friends and teammates, and concerning himself with things that should be beyond him, things that shouldn't even be his problem just yet. Nijimura doesn't know how to help with that, or how to change it, but if he can help just by being there, just by walking side by side down the street with Akashi, then he'll be happy with that.

Of course, Nijimura should know better than to expect it to last forever. At his current point in life, he should know better than to expect anything to last indefinitely.

Still, it's with reluctance that he clears his throat during one of their afternoon walks home, glancing to his side, at Akashi, before he says, "My family is moving to America for a while."

"For your father," Akashi replies, and it's not a question. Akashi isn't the type to ask unnecessary questions, or to waste unnecessary words. "Can they help him, there?"

"We hope so," Nijimura replies. "It's worth a try."

Akashi nods, and he might never talk about it, but Nijimura knows that he understands the sentiment anyway. Even if it wasn't public knowledge due to Akashi's family being wealthy and famous, Nijimura would know from the way that Akashi is silent and sombre whenever their conversation turns to hospital visits. Every time Nijimura mentions his father, Akashi's expression twitches, just so slightly. Nijimura tries not to talk about it very much.

"When do you leave?" Akashi asks, looking up at him.

"Soon after I graduate." Nijimura clears his throat. "I don't know where we'll be staying yet."

Akashi hums softly, perhaps to himself, and they continue walking in silence.

When Nijimura leaves, it's without any real fanfare. He doesn't leave an address, doesn't tell Akashi to keep in touch with him.

Still, he isn't surprised when a parcel finds its way to his family's apartment a few weeks later, the address written in familiar handwriting.

For you and your family, the note reads, with Akashi's signature, and Nijimura smiles to himself as he looks through the parcel, at the box of sweets, the basketball magazines, the novels, wondering when Akashi found the time to put this together, wondering exactly how Akashi found him in the first place.

Not that it really matters. Just holding the parcel, knowing it's from Akashi, is comforting in its own way.

this is so nice, somber yet calm, they are both so good for each other *__* thank you so much!

Bonus Round 3: Gift Tags

Prompt: Team Grandstand

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

Re: FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G