Bonus Round 4: Quotes

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A shipping olympics favorite, this round uses quotes of all sorts to fuel your creative endeavors.


This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on July 21 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a quote attributed to a specific person or character, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
  • Example: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - M. Gandhi
  • The quote can come from anywhere. Famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, your neighbor, etc.
  • 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., Makoto & Rin). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Makoto/Rin). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your quote-inspired fanwork.
• 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

PROMPT: Team Miyuki Kazuya/Narumiya Mei

[windflicker]

Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi; daiya no ace
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"I’m picturing us on rooftops
in strange cities,
with strange people,
and us.
Always us."

- Claire Luisa

FILL: team kominato ryousuke/kuramochi youichi, T

[kuramochi]

no tags, 462 words
sweats this got kinda weird, sorry.

there's a party on a rooftop terrace when youichi opens his eyes, string lights twinkling, something bright and cheery playing over the stereo, knots of people forming and dissolving on the periphery of the dance floor. youichi doesn't know where he's landed this time but he knows who he's looking for, finds the tungsten glow settled in the rosy sweep of ryousuke's hair like he would the north star, the familiar line of his back visible through the throng as if highlighted for youichi's eyes. maybe he is; youichi no longer questions how any of this works. or maybe youichi would just be able to find him anywhere, would be able to pluck him out of any crowd. youichi's followed him this far, after all, would follow him farther. as far as it takes, as many times as it takes.

ryousuke smiles when youichi reaches him, accepts a kiss and youichi's hand on the small of his back without askance. youichi's heart stutters in his chest, shoulders easing incrementally. not a hard one today, then. "hey," he says, soft, presses another kiss to ryousuke's temple for good measure.

"hey yourself," ryousuke says, face tilted up, slings an easy arm around youichi's waist. "i was wondering where you got off to."

"not far," youichi says. "you ready to head home?"

ryousuke laughs, the sound warm and familiar, aching in youichi's gut. "you still owe me a dance," he says.

it's never a good idea to linger but it's a difficult thing to resist, that particular look in ryousuke's eyes, and youichi's being pulled toward the dance floor before he can protest. "just one," he says, spreading his hands on ryousuke's hips, falling into rhythm easy as breathing. they've always been good at this sort of thing.

"we'll see," ryousuke says, the quirk of his mouth a challenge youichi's never managed to refuse, and youichi laughs.

"we'll see," he repeats, and kisses the furrow that forms between ryousuke's brows at his tone.

*

twenty minutes later, youichi wakes up cramped and exhausted in a plastic hospital chair, the steady beep of monitoring machines filtering back into his consciousness like he's surfacing from a deep well of water. ryousuke's breathing is even, perfectly still in the bed save for the rise and fall of his chest, the fluorescent glare less gentle on the curve of his face than starlight or youichi's lips. youichi lurches forward, carefully taking ryousuke's inert hand, presses kisses to his knuckles. the brainform monitor flickers, a small blip, some sort of acknowledgement, confirmation that ryousuke's still there, somewhere, buried so deep down that youichi can only barely reach. he'll keep trying, keep pulling ryousuke out step by painstaking step, walk him up through each stage until they find the door called home.