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

Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou, Haikyuu!!
no tags

Teen Wolf

no tags, unrequited love
454 words

akaashi’s touches don’t linger and their contact doesn’t last. he pulls his hand away when their fingers brush against each other by mistake, flinches when bokuto gives him a cheerful bump in the morning to say hello. bokuto doesn’t pride himself on being the best people-reader, but he knows that he’s good at picking up the things that others might overlook. now it feels like there’s a thin barrier of cling film pressed between him and akaashi. soft, transparent, and one that only they can see; stretched so thinly that it feels as though the film, like his heartstrings, could snap at any moment.

it hasn’t been the same since the day bokuto said no.

bokuto remembers tugging lightly on akaashi’s shirt that day after practice, hollering at him about a secret he’d been hiding. akaashi had been somewhat quiet, skittish for the last few weeks: but at the same time he’d been more affectionate, more forward, leaned in further when he rested his head in the crook of bokuto’s neck. his teammates had been whispering that akaashi was different now. the aura of someone who was in love, konoha had shrugged, giving bokuto a wink. “why don’t you go and talk to him?”

akaashi brought bokuto to the rooftop like a schoolgirl in a manga, and admitted the truth. akaashi was in love with him.

bokuto had flushed, and sputtered. love? he had asked. because he loves akaashi, has always loved akaashi in a way that nobody else has. he savored their contact, their banter, the way akaashi would bring him tea and energy drinks after practice, and knew akaashi appreciated it when bokuto walked him back from school. if someone were to ask him how he felt about akaashi, the word would have been love—bokuto adored him with his entire heart and soul. but akaashi meant something different.

akaashi wanted the kind you could taste on your lips, not just feel on your skin. he wanted the kind that could make flowers grow in your hearts and veins.

“sorry,” bokuto had said, for he could never love anyone that way.

they’d walked home together that night after practice, side by side instead of one trailing behind the other. on good days, akaashi would fight to keep up with bokuto’s dancing spirit, while he would have to physically drag bokuto home on the bad. it was rare to have them standing parallel to one another, without one of them catching up. that, in the strangest way, would have been kind of nice, if it wasn’t for the silence.

they reached the front of akaashi’s house, and he gave bokuto the saddest smile.

“you make it easy to forget,” he said, turning around and closing the door behind him.

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Bonus Round 4: Quotes

Prompt: Team Aldini Takumi/Yukihira Souma

FILL: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou, G

Re: FILL: Team Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou, G