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

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

[kiyala]

no tags
word count: 450

This is the respite that comes after a storm, after a calamity. This is the gentle fall of rain, the kind that inspires growth, not the kind that turns torrential, that threatens to wash everything away.

Tetsuya and Shigehiro already know how it feels to be soaked to the bone, to watch as the rain strips everything way, making rivers where there should be roads, claiming everything in its path. They know how it feels to shake like leaves in the thunder around them.

They don't need that any more. They don't want it.

Now, they are each other's shelter. A quietly burning fire on a cold winter's night, the warm weight of a jacket against the wind. Shigehiro burns warm and steady, and Tetsuya feels like a fire that is sparking back into life, learning what warmth feels like once again.

Together, they can wait out the rain, wait for the skies to clear, for the sun to shine.

Tetsuya knows better than to expect it to be immediate, because nothing ever is, but this is an easier path than the one he's just finished walking. This is a pleasant one, less of an uphill struggle and more of a comfortable meander. Shigehiro is beside him, their hands brushing together, their conversation a gentle murmur, the sounds of their voices mixing into something that reminds him of home, of a court that he once felt was a castle, a box of endless marvels.

"Tetsuya," he says, and his smile alone is enough to make Tetsuya feel like there's new air being breathed into his lungs, filling him with something that makes him feel light and weightless. "Do you want to play?"

The court is firm under their shoes, the ball familiar against their hands, but everything in between has changed. In Tetsuya, and Shigehiro too. At last, Tetsuya can stop feeling that the change is an unpleasant one. Shigehiro's laughter rings out, clear as a bell, chiming out to signal their return to something that they both held dear to them. His smile is like a light itself, shining, warming, and Tetsuya realises that he's smiling too, that he's laughing, no longer chasing the ball like he's chasing a dream just beyond his reach.

They're still smiling when the game is over, the sun sinking low in the sky, their skin painted gold and orange in the fading light of the day.

Shigehiro's lips taste of a warmth that Tetsuya thought that he had long-since forgotten. He smiles when Tetsuya chases it, their fingers curled around each other, their faces tilted towards each other. Their lips are curved, forever curving into smiles, and Tetsuya doesn't think he'll ever stop.