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

mentions of a family member in hospital
word count: 539

On warm nights like these, Shuuzo can pretend that he isn't alone.

There's a long road that leads down from the hospital, lit well enough that he can step out of the hospital when he needs to and take a walk to clear his head. He can feel the breeze blowing in from the ocean and there's a bridge about a twenty minutes' walk down the road, where he can lean against the railing, turn his face towards the sea, shut his eyes and think about Tatsuya.

He's thought about Tatsuya's lips so often that he can no longer tell whether it's a memory that lingers at the back of hi mind, or a detailed fantasy that he has revisited often enough that it feels real. Perhaps it doesn't matter. Either way, he can feel those lips against his, curved into the same gentle smile that he fell in love with when he first saw it, kind and welcoming. Shuuzo smiles in return and he can feel Tatsuya's fingers in his hair like the ocean breeze, ruffling it gently.

Except no matter how many times he does this, the images fade all too soon, like sand blowing away in the wind, castles crumbling to the ground, and Shuuzo is left feeling empty as the wind blows right through him.

He's drained. He's so exhausted that he's trembling with it, and he doesn't know where else to draw his strength from. Thinking of Teiko only causes him more concern, so he's been avoiding that as much as he can. His memories of Tatsuya will only work for so long, now that he's gone, an ocean separating them, and Shuuzo's heart aches for home without quite knowing whether that's here, whether it's his father's hospital room, or somewhere back in Japan.

All he wants is to feel safe and secure. He wants to stop dreading each day. He wants to know what it feels like to pass a day without feeling like he's being run into the ground.

Folding his arms arms across the railing, Shuuzo rests his head on them and lets himself come apart, just for a moment. His eyes sting with tears of frustration, his shoulders slump with defeat.

The wind blows gently around him again and Shuuzo takes a deep breath before he pulls himself back together. He wipes the corners of his eyes and squares his shoulders again, keeping his head high.

Turning back towards the hospital, Shuuzo starts walking again. He feels the wind against his skin and he lets himself indulge his imagination as much as he wants. He lets himself pretend that Tatsuya walks with him, their hands brushing against each other. He hears Tatsuya's voice in the gentle roll of the waves in the sea, feels his warmth in the lingering heat of summer.

He opens his phone as he walks, going to his emails and rereading the last one that Tatsuya sent to him. He strokes his thumb over the words on the screen, promising that they'll see each other again when Shuuzo and his family return to Japan.

Smiling down at the promise he has in writing, Shuuzo takes all the strength that he can from it, and pushes on.

Bonus Round 4: Quotes

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G