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

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word count: 438

"They used to call you The Grand King," Koushi sighs, his voice tempered with fondness as he strokes his fingers through the short hair at the back of Tooru's head. "What are you now? The Gloomy King?"

With his face buried in Koushi's lap, Tooru replies with a groan. Koushi chuckles, his fingers wandering lower, tickling their way along the nape of Tooru's neck, slipping under the collar of his t-shirt. His hand just sits there, four fingers against Tooru's skin, like he's just indulging in the warmth to be found there.

"You're meant to be comforting me," Tooru grumbles. "And you're meant to be better at it than this."

"Of course," Koushi says indulgently, pulling his hand away, grabbing the back of Tooru's shirt and tugging until he sits up properly. "Come here."

Tooru is pouting as Koushi pulls him into a kiss. He can feel Koushi smile against his lips, and he allows it because as far as things go, losing a practice match isn't the worst thing in the world. It doesn't count for anything, and it gives the entire team a chance to grow and improve. His time as captain has taught him that much.

Still, he's spent the past few weeks building up his serve into something even more terrifying and his misses cost them more points than it earned them. He feels personally responsible for the loss and it doesn't matter that his teammates have assured him that they don't mind because they know it'll pay off in the end, it still gets under his skin and bothers him.

But Koushi has been good at pulling him out of these moods ever since they first started attending the same university. Perhaps even before then, starting as something that was half rivalry and half respect on opposite sides of a net. It's grown into something different now that they play on the same team. There's always the undercurrent of rivalry that comes from them both playing the same position, but they both take such different approaches to setting that it's difficult to begrudge the other when they're the one on the court.

He's also the best at teasing Tooru out of his slumps, smiling and poking fun at him until Tooru remembers that he isn't to be taken seriously all the time anyway, especially not by himself.

Not by Koushi either, if his ever-present smile is any indication. Tooru will never put it into words, but he likes that about Koushi. He's sure that Koushi knows anyway.

"Better?" Koushi asks, raising an eyebrow at him.

"I'm not convinced," Tooru hums. "Kiss me again."

*vague hand motions in the air* I wanna leave nice coherent words for this, but the fact of the matter is I'm just ??!!!??????!? at the whole thing bc

i) this is everything i want out of Oisuga and more

ii) the ease of them just being together

iii) A LAPFUL OF OIKAWA!!!!!!!!

iv) grumbly Oikawa wanting to be comforted

v) teasing but super caring Suga

vi) TWO OF MY BIASES!! BEING SO LOVING!! TOWARDS EACH OTHER!!!!!

vii) just the general warm glow of the atmosphere in this?? its like steady pouring honey idk i see amber colours in steady reverberating pools at the back of my mind when i read this n dats nice

Thank you so much always <333

Bonus Round 4: Quotes

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

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