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: 524

Their friendship is built between them like a house; one that they have lived in for so long that neither of them can imagine what it would be like without it. The walls are decorated with photo frames that capture their best memories together, the garden brimming with plants that bloom in every colour when they get the chance to spend time together.

It's becoming increasingly difficult, with their own lives getting in the way lately. They've managed to keep their friendship alive, making it through the rough patches that come with adjusting to the fact that there's distance between them where it didn't exist before.

Hajime thinks that it's both a blessing and a curse. He misses Tooru, misses having him within reach, always just there somewhere beyond the end of his fingertips. Now, he's at the other end of a screen, at the other end of a phone line, at the end of a long train ride.

It's also helped him learn to deal with his feelings.

His closest friends outside of Tooru might not agree, but he likes to think that he's done a decent enough job at hiding his feelings. At the very least, Tooru doesn't seem to have worked it out himself, and that's all that really matters.

The house that is their friendship is filled with secrets that Tooru doesn't know. Hidden photo frames, shoved out of sight, capturing Tooru's smile the way that Hajime sees it, radiant and infectious and beautiful. There are closets bursting with every idle thought that Hajime has ever had about Tooru, barred shut and still threatening to spill forth. Hajime doesn't know whether to blame the distance or the fact that he's hiding all of this in the first place, but he feels that it's become less of a house and more a vault, hiding things rather than nurturing them.

Whatever shape it takes, Hajime imagines that it must be incredibly big, if it has any hope of containing everything that Tooru is to him.

He's standing at the train station, his heart in his throat as he waits for Tooru to arrive. They're spending a week together, sharing Hajime's small apartment, sharing as much time as they possibly can.

Hajime can feel his palms sweating. He doesn't know what to expect from this. He doesn't know if his heart will ache, the way it does when they're on the phone together, begging for him to let out every little secret he's hidden over the years, of the way he's thought of Tooru's lips, the way he's thought of the way he hums low in his throat as he thinks something over, the way he's thought of Tooru's long fingers and how they would feel between his own.

Except then he sees Tooru among the crowd, still looking around, not having noticed Hajime just yet. Maybe it's the eagerness in Tooru's eyes, or the way the ache Hajime feels during their phone calls is nothing compared to the way he feels like bursting now.

Either way, he thinks to himself, perhaps it's time to let go of a few of his secrets.

I am so very,very fond of this ;;;; the quiet yearning is palpable, and using a house as an imagery for their relationship is so apt too, because a house might look solid and grand at first glance but it'll have its own hidden nooks and corners as well.Also, that tiny leap of faith at the end!!! *is torn between lying down in pain, or standing up to Tiger-mom-cheer Hajime on lmao*

Thanks again!! All the fills I've gotten from u have so much thought put into em, I'm being spoilt ;;u;; ♡

Bonus Round 4: Quotes

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

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