sportsanime | 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!
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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

no tags
word count: 446

Iwaizumi is certain that he's dying.

There's no other explanation for it. The way his throat closes up, the way his heart pounds in his chest like it's trying to hammer its way out of him, the way he feels like he's burning up from the tips of his toes to the roots of his hair.

The worst part is, it's come out of nowhere. He can't think of a single reason to suddenly feel this way.

(He's lying. He can think of several; ten in Oikawa's fingers, as they brush against his arm in a gesture that has been familiar and unremarkable for so long but suddenly makes his heart take up residence in his throat; two in Oikawa's eyes and the way they crinkle as he smiles; one in that very smile itself, or maybe one for every time Oikawa's smiled, and Iwaizumi has never realised just how often Oikawa smiles at him until his breath started stuttering every time.)

He can't do this. He doesn't know how he's going to survive. He should just give up now and admit that his best friend is going to be the death of him. It's okay. He's learning to make his peace with it.

He can't think of a better way to go than to burn up under Oikawa's gaze, to disintegrate little by little at every casual touch. It's been happening more frequently these days and Iwaizumi is absolutely sure that one of these days, he's just going to forget how to breathe entirely. He's going to burst, because there's no way to hold all of these feelings inside himself.

Oikawa has always been bad with personal space but he's been forgetting it more often these days, taking a step closer to Iwaizumi and then another and another, until Iwaizumi's back is against the wall and Oikawa's expression is inscrutable, watching him for a moment before backing off. Iwaizumi is left with his heart racing, his palms sweating. He's never thought of himself as overly dramatic when he has Oikawa right there as a comparison but he's going to die.

(Except death doesn't happen like this: it doesn't happen with the press of Oikawa's palm against his as they walk home under a star filled sky, the shy sideway glances as their fingers curl against each other, the mumbled invitation to do homework in Iwaizumi's room. They kneel around the low table in Iwaizumi's room with the door shut, their breath trembling as much as their hands as they press their lips to each other for the first time, and this isn't death at all. It's so much more than that. It's just the beginning.)

the most beautiful thing i have ever read ever gOSH

Bonus Round 4: Quotes

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

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