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Bonus Round 4: Quotes
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!
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)
Format your comment in one of the following ways:
| If PROMPTING: | If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP]
| FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING]
|
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)
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!
PROMPT: TEAM AZUMANE ASAHI/NISHINOYA YUU
tags: none, (maybe crying???)
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
-Dr. Seuss
FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI, G
no tags
daisuga is the martha stewart domestic catalogue of my heart
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There’s not many things that make Daichi cry these days.
He cried much more when he was younger; over losses that felt too big for what they were, for small things that were pressed, so unexpectedly, so gently, into the palm of his hand on the day he and Suga had graduated high school. Daichi had not been brave enough; he should have known that Suga had always been all the bravery he needed.
(Daichi still keeps that second button from Suga’s school uniform, tucked away in the same box as the cufflinks he reserves for special occasions.)
So Daichi is not sure why there are tears in his eyes as he watches the water turn to steam in the sink; the tap is running over the smoldering remains of what used to be their old kitchen curtains, and he can’t help the tight feeling in his chest. It had only taken a moment of inattention after a long day of university classes, bone tired during finals week, and before he knows it, the oil had burnt too hot and droplets had set the cheap fabric on fire. The entire kitchen smells acrid with it; his eyes sting and he’s trying so hard to blink the wetness from them. He feels faintly ridiculous.
“We can get new ones, Daichi,” Suga says, standing at his shoulder, and Daichi can tell Suga is struggling to keep the smile off his face. “They were really ugly. Didn’t you hate the pattern?” The curtains had little cartoon crows on them, and Suga had ugly laughed with so much delight at finding them in the discount bin. Suga had named them, this one with the misshapen eyes had been Kageyama, this one with the misprint in red had been Hinata. It had done a little to soothe the homesickness they had felt like a sting; three years ago seems almost like yesterday, when they had come to Tokyo so full of its lights in their eyes, and not much money in their pockets except for the scholarships they had worked so hard to get, and they had wanted everything the world had to offer.
“They were the first thing we bought together for this apartment,” Daichi replies, voice gruff, and now Suga does smile, and it’s small, and soft, and so full of unbearable fondness.
“Unbelievable. I can’t believe what a sap you are. I’m embarrassed for you.” There’s a light thump as Suga punches him lightly in the ribs as he laughs at him, but then Daichi feels arms slipping around his waist. “Take me out for dinner, and I’ll buy you the nicest curtains in town. Your pick. As fancy as you like. Only nice, fancy curtains for Lord Sawamura Daichi.”
“I kinda liked the crows,” Daichi murmurs, turning his face into Suga’s hair, and he kisses the little tuft that always seems to stick out as Suga just groans in disbelief.
“Truly unbelievable.”
Re: FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/NARUKO SHOUKICHI, G
FILL: TEAM SAWAMURA DAICHI/SUGAWARA KOUSHI, G
word count: 715
*covers myself in slices of cheese because this is so fucking schmoopy.*
Packing the boxes had been just as hard as they expected. They shared a lot of things during their time together and a lot of it had blurred together. There were shirts they both wore on regular occasions, but they couldn’t remember who’d been the first one to pick it up. They’d bought the dishes and silverware together, but it would have been a shame to split everything down the middle so they had to decide who got which pattern. Furniture was mostly given away, but that was because their new individual apartments were too small for some of it.
It wasn’t really emotional, in fact it was kind of empty - but it was just the logistics of everything that made it hard.
Daichi found himself wondering if he should have had more hard feelings about the situation he was in. He’d been with Suga for years, longer than some of his friendships. If they were leaving each other now, shouldn’t there have been a reason for it? Some kind of fight or sudden hardship that tore them apart?
But there just...wasn’t any. It wasn’t even that they didn’t love each other anymore, because how could they not? When you’ve been with someone from your early teens through your mid-twenties, it’s only obvious that you would still care very deeply for them. They just weren’t in love anymore.
And he was strangely okay with that. Nothing about it ended with a bang, it was just a slow burn until the embers finally faded out.
It took less than a week to get everything in order. Suga was staying in Miyagi, where his job was stable and he could stay close to his family. Daichi already had an offer waiting in Maniwa, which was going to be a huge change, but he figured a change of scenery would do him some good.
His boxes were shipped down, ready and waiting for him when he flew there a few days later. He helped Suga carry his own boxes to his new apartment, and even helped him scout out a few things in the neighborhood.
Returning their keys to their landlord felt like closing a chapter. Daichi waited for bitterness to finally overtake him, but it just didn’t. He wondered if there was something wrong with him, but when he asked Suga what his feelings were…
“I’m kind of the same way…” he said with a sigh and a shrug, “I mean, obviously I’m sad and I really wish it wasn’t this way, but it’s not like we did anything wrong.”
Daichi nodded, feeling just a little relieved, “Do you think things could have worked out differently? Like, maybe if we tried hard enough or we’d taken a missed opportunity somewhere down the line?”
“I don’t think it really matters at this point, we did the best we could. I wouldn’t trade any moment of it, Daichi.” He smiled and stretched his arms over his head, “What time is your flight tomorrow? Maybe I can see you off.”
“It’s early, I think around the time your shift at the hospital starts.”
“Aw, man. I wanted to make sure you got there okay.”
A beat passed. Another two followed. Daichi kicked at the ground with his sneaker. Suga looked away.
“So...I guess this is goodbye, huh?” he finally said.
“Nah, I wouldn’t say that.”
“You know you can call me for anything you need, right? I’ll fly down or take the train if there’s an emergency. Or even if you just want to talk.”
“I’d like that a lot. You know you can do the same, right?”
“Of course.” With that, Suga wrapped his arms around Daichi and pulled him into a hug, “I love you, Daichi. Please take care of yourself.”
Daichi’s throat tightened a bit, but he still returned the gesture, “You too. Thanks for everything, Suga.”
They might not have been lovers anymore, but their story would never really have an end. There wasn’t any point to asking the “what ifs” or contemplating the “maybes”, right now they just had to hold onto what they had and keep moving in their own directions. It was all going to be okay, because they knew they still had each other.
Re: FILL: TEAM SAWAMURA DAICHI/SUGAWARA KOUSHI, G
Re: FILL: TEAM SAWAMURA DAICHI/SUGAWARA KOUSHI, G
Glad you enjoyed it. c: