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Bonus Round 1: AUs
SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).
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RULES
- Submit prompts by commenting to this post with an alternate universe idea, along with a ship from one of our nominated fandoms. There's a comment template below for your convenience.
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FORMAT
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PROMPT: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO
Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Age gaps
Prompt: Fantasy AU; in which Phichit is the beloved crown prince of his country and Celestino is an advisor to the royal family. He is happy to teach his young charge everything he knows, but begins to suspect the prince is flirting with him.
FILL: Team Grandstand, T
Other Tags: Age gaps
Word Count: 806
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It starts so innocuously that, in hindsight, Celestino finds he can't really identify when the Prince's behavior changed. The truth is that Phichit has probably always been like this; for as long as Celestino has known him, which is the young Prince's entire life, Phichit has always been a charmer. As a child he won over many of the ladies of the court and even some of the noblemen with his sweet smile and innocent wisdoms, and as he got older, his magnetic personality attracted him many friends from within Thailand and the ruling families of their allies.
Phichit has been on the periphery of Celestino's life since he was born, when Celestino was the tender young age of 25 and newly promoted to the role of Privy Counselor. Back then, he was the treasured first born son of the Crown Prince, second in the line of succession should his grandfather the King pass away. At the time Celestino went and paid his respects to the heir apparent and his wife on the birth of their beautiful child, and had Phichit pressed into his nervous arms to hold for a moment; that was the closest Celestino has been to him in sixteen years.
And in those sixteen years, the world has changed; the ruling monarch passed away, and his son was coronated, promoting Phichit to Crown Prince. Celestino has grown in his position, from a junior counselor who was there merely to observe and occassionally opine, to a senior counselor who is invited to lead council meetings and brief the King himself. Apparently he makes a good impression, enough to be selected to tutor the aforementioned Crown Prince in his future duties, and the state of the world as it was, is, and is expected to be.
Which is how Celestino finds himself in his present situation. Phichit is highly opinionated, and among his chief opinions are that lessons should be held in his room, and that as long as he's in his room, he's allowed to be as under-dressed as he'd like. Fortunately for Celestino's sanity, that usually means pajamas, even a dressing gown on the days when he wants to be extra considerate. Still...
“I really don't believe this is appropriate, your Highness,” he says stiffly, not for the first time that day. “You will learn just as well sitting on the other side of the table as you will beside me.”
“But you're warm, and your voice is soft, and you smell nice, Ciao Ciao,” Phichit replies matter-of-factly, as he moves even closer to Celestino.
“Is there anything I can do to convince you not to use that nickname any longer?” Celestino sighs.
“You said it was cute!”
“I said it was cute when you were five years old,” he counters, chagrined. “You're nearly an adult now, and it's unseemly.”
“I like thinking of you as my Ciao Ciao, though.”
“Please don't think of me as anything but your tutor, your Highness.”
Phichit hums; Celestino knows better than to think this is a good thing.
“You're my tutor.”
“Y...es...?”
“That means you're obligated to teach me everything I'll need to know when I ascend to the throne.”
“Right. Yes.”
“So then teach me about taking concubines!”
“Phichit!” Celestino scolds before he can catch himself. He claps his hand over his mouth and swallows the expletive on his tongue.
“HA!” Phichit cries victoriously. “I knew I could get you to drop the formalities eventually, Ciao Ciao.”
“I apologize for my insolence,” Celestino says forcefully. “I can assure you, Prince Phichit, it won't be happening again.”
Phichit petulantly struck the table with his fist. “I'm not a kid anymore, Ciao Ciao. I'm old enough to know what I want. I'm old enough that you should respect my wishes when I say I want you to call me by my name.”
“You're seventeen,” Celestino reminds him. “You're a child, Prince Phichit.”
Shuffling impossibly closer, Phichit looks up at Celestino with a well-executed pout. Celestino notes that even though he's still in pajamas, he's somehow found the time to apply his winged eyeliner and mascara.
“I'm old enough to know what I want,” he repeats. “Don't you like me, Celestino?”
The use of his real name makes him swallow, hard. He keeps his composure as best as he can.
“Of course I like you, your Highness. You are very beloved by nearly everyone in the Kingdom.”
“I don't mean like that, and you know it.”
“Your Highness, please. I'm 42 years old. I understand you're at an age where you want to... explore your options, but there is no dearth of young nobles in your own age group.”
“But I'm not interested in any of them. I'm interested in you.”
Celestino laments, “You're going to be the death of me,” and Phichit flashes him a bright smile.
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I really enjoy the slow build at the beginning of this; I'm curious about the world so I like getting to see Phichit and Celestino's backstory laid out before you segue into the main scene of the fic. And your Phichit! I love the way you characterize him, I love pushy, slightly childish Phichit who is so sure he's going to get his way but is genuinely so charming about it at the same time. I love how soft this scene is; it's really domestic and cute and nicely lays out the relationship that exists between them. The detail about Phichit being in his pajamas but having done his makeup is really great!
And I honestly really appreciate that Celestino does and doesn't give in with the ending, it's ambiguous and makes me want to see more, but is also a satisfying stopping point.
Thank you very much for writing this for me!
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I just sort of like the idea that Phichit thinks he's being really seductive, inviting Celestino into his room, while still wearing his nightclothes because that's ~intimate~ but he has to play up his best features too? And the result is endearing because it's really naive and not overtly sexual, but it is genuinely Phichit.
I like to think that Celestino is going to give in at some point, but not on the particular day this scene is set. Like I just picture them being good until Phichit comes of age and has his big birthday party and when it all winds down he grabs Celestino by his fancy clothes and is like "Conference time!" (and the conference is making out). Ciao Ciao definitely acknowledges that his patience is wearing thin, even if it hasn't run out just yet!