Bonus Round 5: Myth & Lore

[referees]

Summer's a time for swapping stories around the campfire. With that in mind, this round draws inspiration from the stories humanity have told each other over the centuries.

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on August 4 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

RULES

• This round does not have prompts. Instead, we ask you to draw inspiration from the wide pool of mythology, fantasy, folklore, and fable. An urban fantasy or supernatural AU? A re-imagining of your favorite folk tale? Characters swapping ghost stories or playing D&D? As long as your fill in some way incorporates the fantastical and/or supernatural, it's welcome here.
• Your fill still has to be about a ship from one of our nominated fandoms. What ships you create work for is up to you, though.
• To submit your fill, simply leave it as a comment as a reply to this post.
• Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.

FORMAT

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Required Work Minimums:

• 400 words (prose)
• 400px by 400px (art)
• 14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

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SCORING

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First 3 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 4-10: 10 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
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Comments

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

[kiyala]

Himuro Tatsuya/Murasakibara Atsushi; Kuroko no Basuke
no tags; dream eater Murasakibara
word count: 414

Tatsuya sleeps peacefully.

Atsushi likes sleeping in the same bed as him, because Tatsuya doesn't take up very much space. He sleeps curled up on his side, sometimes resting his head on Atsushi's shoulder, and it's cute. He looks pretty as he sleeps, just as he does when he's awake, his hair still falling across his face, his long eyelashes standing out against his skin.

It's not that Atsushi actively watches him sleep or anything like that but, well—

It helps a little, when he's feeding.

Tatsuya's dreams are always vivid. He's ambitious, he's always hungry for more than what he has, and his subconscious turns that into bright and bold dreams. It's one of the reasons Atsushi likes him so much; it makes his dreams taste that much better.

Atsushi coaxes them out of Tatsuya's head, lips brushing against his forehead as he sleeps, consuming them piece by piece, like he's absorbing little bits and pieces of Tatsuya along with them. He understands Tatsuya better for it; he gets the constant urge to be better, to do more, to chase goals that are just out of reach. He can't relate to it, but when he's eating Tatsuya's dreams, it's almost like he knows what it feels like.

The morning after always arrives with Tatsuya blinking awake, with no memory of what he's dreamed. He feeds his dreams to Atsushi willingly, knowing that it's better than letting him wander at night and find others to feed on instead. At least this way, they can always start the morning in the same way.

"Good morning," Tatsuya hums, kissing Atsushi's neck and lying on top of him, smiling sleepily. "Did I have any good dreams last night?"

"You always do," Atsushi replies, his hands resting on the small of Tatsuya's back. He kisses Tatsuya's forehead. "Which one do you want to know about? The one where you were a dragon, or the one where we were exploring space together?"

"Both of them sound way too good to be real," Tatsuya laughs. "Are you making these up?"

"I don't need to," Atsushi replies. He strokes his fingers through Tatsuya's hair, brushing it back out of his face. "It's one of the reasons you're so much fun, Muro-chin. Your dreams are always so interesting. I can tell you all about every single dream that I've eaten from you, because I remember them all. I enjoy them all."

Smiling, Tatsuya kisses Atsushi again. "Start with the dragon one, then."