Bonus Round 4: Quotes

[referees]

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 Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou

[soup]

Sawamura Daichi/Kuroo Tetsurou or Yamaguchi Tadashi/Yachi Hitoka Haikyuu!!
no tags

"i remember this time I had this massive crush on this dude and we were walking together and I had memorized a bunch of conversation starters in case things got awkward including questions such as 'what places do you want to visit' and other similar questions, but suddenly he goes "you know, I really like you, like more than a friend" and I was so shocked I didn’t know how to respond so I shouted "WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE ANIMAL""
—☆

Re: PROMPT: Team Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou

[horchata]

oh my god this is PERFECT

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI, G

[dynamite]

yamaguchi/yachi, graphics fill
no tags

yachi = chiharu
yamaguchi = dynamite

Re: FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI, G

[soup]

!!!! Aaaaa this is so cute!! Super cute Yachi and the llama and awww Yamaguchi ♡ Thank you so much!!

FILL: TEAM Miyuki Kazuya/Sawamura Eijun, T

[sawakise]

no tags, ig minor swearing
650 words.

Sawamura laughs while he’s retelling a story of something funny that happened at practice, Kuroo doesn’t really know because Sawamura’s voice is soothing and Kuroo wants to fall asleep to Sawamura murmuring sweet things in his ears while stroking his hair as his head lays on those thighs, goodness gracious, and then he focuses on the lips because hey, maybe lip reading is a thing while your mind races with weirdly domestic things instead of the sexual deviant that you self-proclaimed you are, especially as a youthful teenager.

It is not a thing, Kuroo realizes when he envisions Sawamura’s lips against his. It is most definitely not a thing.

Thankfully, he manages to clear his head to catch the tail end of the story and appropriately responds. Sawamura nods, as if Kuroo said something particularly noteworthy, and Kuroo gives into the temptation to mentally fist pump and hoot loudly.

It’s alright, Kuroo thinks as their conversation lulls, he’s got great questions. He wrote them down as little slips of papers in his hoodie’s pockets and the crinkle of the paper is rather comforting. His palms are sweaty—which is great, because now he can push his thumbs into his pockets and hunch over, clearly the epitome of cool. Sawamura arches an eyebrow but says nothing and Kuroo pretends not to break out into a cold sweat.

“You know,” Sawamura says as they wait for the streetlight to turn, a quiet night in the city streets of Tokyo, “I really enjoyed the dinner with you.”

“Oh yeah?” Kuroo says, a grin spreading across his face, his heart skipping a traitorous beat. ‘With you’, Sawamura had said, ‘with you’! “That’s great—I did too.”

“The food was great and the company was even better,” Sawamura says in a tone that Kuroo can only describe as teasing.

“Aw,” Kuroo says and nudges Sawamura’s shoulder with his own, “that’s so sweet.”

“I, uh,” Sawamura says and clears his throat, turning to look at Kuroo head on, a blush high across his cheeks. “I like you. More than a friend.”

In the most ungraceful way possible, Kuroo’s mind short-circuits.

Surprisingly, what the fuck is not actually the first thing that flops into his empty mind. Instead, due to his mind hitting panic mode, and due to him understanding that panic mode requires those slips of paper that are crinkled in his pocket: it’s:

“What’s your favorite animal,” Kuroo shouts a bit too loudly and Sawamura stares at him, eyes wide and bewildered.

What the fuck is the second thing that flops into his empty mind, followed by strong mortification. Sawamura looks like the epitome of regret and no—Kuroo is not projecting, okay, maybe a little, hell, he’d probably, well, no, if Sawamura said that to him he probably wouldn’t care, but Sawamura isn’t him and he’s not Sawamura and—

“Don’t tell Bokuto I said that,” Kuroo whines because he just presented his hopeful significant other with the best blackmail material ever. Is that how all relationships start?

“Wow,” Sawamura says, which sums up Kuroo’s entire romantic life or (possible) lack thereof. “To answer your question, I guess, the cat? Since—“ Sawamura’s cheek flushes, “that’s your animal motif, right?”

Oh my god, you like me, Kuroo thinks, possibly says because Sawamura’s cheeks get even darker, and reaches out with sweaty hands to grab Sawamura’s own.

“I like you too,” Kuroo recovers with the grace of a fish flopping around on land, leaning in close enough so that their noses are barely a centimeter from touching. “I really do.”

“Great,” Sawamura says weakly. He squeezes Kuroo’s hand though and by the time Kuroo gets home after dropping Sawamura off at his door—Sawamura pecked him quickly on the cheek and then fled inside—his cheeks hurt from smiling.

“I am the luckiest person alive,” he shouts, sends to Kenma, and then dances across his apartment.

Re: FILL: TEAM Miyuki Kazuya/Sawamura Eijun, T

[soup]

o m g this is so so so cute!!! Short-circuiting Kuroo is the best Kuroo tbh (ahem) I love everything about this but esp "Kuroo recovers with the grace of a fish flopping around on land", perfect. Thank you so much!!!