Bonus Round 2: Tic-Tac-Toe

[referees]

SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).

Get three in a row! That's the goal of this bonus round. Inspired by a fanwork event type called kink bingo, this round encourages you to create and fill out themed prompt cards.

Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. There's a lot of text here, but if you read carefully and follow the instructions step by step, you will be okay.

RULES

Please refer to the first comment thread of this post for an example of how this round works.

PROMPTING

1. Select a ship to create your prompt card about. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Haruki & Kazuma). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Haruki/Kazuma). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!


2. Visit this card generator.
   • Here is a visual guide to using it.
   • The large text box is where you can list prompts if you have your own ideas. Please list at least 9 prompts; you can list more if you want. (The generator says you need at least 24, but it's lying.) Single words or short phrases are better than sentences.
   • Otherwise, you can use the dropdown menu found right below it. Note: some of these prompts lists are NSFW. (NSFW prompts are a-ok as long as you tag for it.) If you don't like some of the options that appear in a prompt list, you can delete them.
   • Text prompts only, please. Also, each card square must be unique—don't list the same prompt 9 times.
   • In "Configuration Options," make sure you select 3x3 and (Normal prompt). This is the most important step!
   • Leave the tic-tac-toe card with its default colors, so everyone can read it clearly.
   • Click the "Create a bingo card" button.
   • Scroll down to see the card that was created for you. If you don't like the prompts it picked, you can reroll by clicking "Create a bingo card" again.
   • When you're satisfied, scroll further down the page until you see a textarea box full of HTML.
3. Copy and paste the HTML from the box and into the body of your prompt comment, then post!

FILLING

Fill prompts by selecting an individual square to create fanwork for, then leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work. (Optional:) If you can fill three squares from a prompt in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line, you get a tic-tac-toe (and an additional point bonus)! You can also just fill prompts as you please and get standard points.

• Prompt squares are labeled as follows:

  A1	B1	C1
  A2	B2	C2
  A3	B3	C3

• If you're trying for tic-tac-toe, you cannot combine squares into one fill. If your fill can satisfy multiple squares, pick the most relevant square: e.g., one square is sailing and another is pirates and you make a fill about pirates sailing, it's mostly pirates so put down the pirates square.
• Each fill must stand alone as an individual piece, but all your fills can slot into a larger universe if you'd like.
• You cannot fill a prompt square more than once, but you can fill every square on a tic tac toe card if you want to.
• You cannot work with your teammates to get a tic-tac-toe. Only individually achieved tic-tac-toes get the bonus.
• Multiple people can fill the same prompt square. You cannot "block" others from getting tic-tac-toe.
• Remember to also follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
• Here is a prompt/fill index for your convenience.

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/images)
• 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. Any way you format it is fine. Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> (the ship your prompt is focused on. "&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic. Format the ship name any way you want, but clarity is more likely to get you fills.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; these apply to content *in the prompt itself* and is NOT an implication of what you're looking for in a fill. If your prompt doesn't require tags, write "None" here. More info: http://sportsanimeolympics.tumblr.com/post/161707236774/tagging-and-you) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Prompt:</strong> (copy and paste the HTML of your prompt square here!)	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [SQUARE], [RATING] Replace [SQUARE] with the specific square you're filling (e.g., B2). Click here to see a comment thread example of which square is which. Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject, especially which square you're filling!) <strong>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None"; if omitting tags to avoid spoiling, say "tags omitted." More info: http://sportsanimeolympics.tumblr.com/post/161707236774/tagging-and-you) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Square:</strong> (the theme of the square that you are filling, just copy and paste it from the prompt comment) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or won't get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML after the asterisks. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [SQUARE], [RATING] Replace [SQUARE] with the specific square you're filling (e.g., B2). Click here to see a comment thread example of which square is which. Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject, especially which square you're filling!) <strong>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None"; if omitting tags to avoid spoiling, say "tags omitted." More info: http://sportsanimeolympics.tumblr.com/post/161707236774/tagging-and-you) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Square:</strong> (the theme of the square that you are filling, just copy and paste it from the prompt comment) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.

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.

If you see anyone breaking the code of conduct (e.g., causing drama, being rude) anywhere (not just DW), please contact the mods immediately.

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 for each tic-tac-toe card (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)

For fills:
First 4 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 5-10: 15 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21-50: 2 points each
Fills 51+: 1 point each
Tic-tac-toe Bonus: 2 points each for the first 12 achieved by your team

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 (see the line of links below this post).

Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!

Comments

Re: FILL: Team Daiya no Ace, B2, M

[greenowl]

Oh yeah omg I made that up...im glad u enjoyed it I didn't think it was good I literally. Was scared the whole time as well. I dont think I should fill any more haha...sorry...

Re: FILL: Team Daiya no Ace, B2, M

[kuriicurry]

i.... i honestly feel hahahaha don't worry i'd be scared of summoning something or something like that sdlkjgkh, but really i really enjoyed it uwu
though right when i finished reading it, it started to rain heavily aND TBH IT SCARED ME MORE but no worriees hopefully there's no thunder lololollol

FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, C1, T

[hatchbacks]

Ship: Takao/Midorima
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Square: picking out earwax
Word Count: 405

***

Hawkeye is only good for basketball, and it would be ridiculous to suggest that it makes Takao better at cleaning the house, dusting in corners, finding flaws in precious stones, or anything else, really. So Midorima doesn’t. Perhaps it has no direct influence on the way Takao is in other aspects, but perhaps it indirectly makes him more meticulous, good at digging out the details with a fine-tooth comb, better at digging out physical things.

He cleans Midorima’s ears; it’s something Midorima had never asked for but appreciates more than he thought he would. There’s something intimate about it, more so than kissing naked or talking quietly on the couch with Takao’s feet in his lap (Midorima’s given up on asking him to take them off; it’s actually maybe sort of comfortable—sometimes) with the TV on mute to a channel they’ve forgotten. It’s Takao’s fingers, ghosting over the shells, cleaning out the groves with a cotton swab, the squeak of the tip against his skin, massaging the flaky areas behind, caressing his lobes (Takao always says he should get them pierced; Midorima’s not interested in doing that to his body but sometimes he imagines holes in his ears large enough for Takao to stick a finger through, and the thought is not displeasing).

But the best part is Takao’s finger in his ear, digging out the built-up wax, reaching into the corners of his ear canal, clearing it out from where he hadn’t realized it was in the first place. Seeing a wad of wax stuck to Takao’s fingernail is rewarding, too, but it’s not as good as the feeling of Takao’s finger inside his ear. Sometimes he lets Takao keep doing it afterward, turns his ear toward him as an offering and a question. Takao never denies, never refuses.

The sound of nail on skin is a washing wave this close to his eardrum, soothing; Midorima closes his eyes and leans in. Takao scratches, soft and smooth with the filed-down end of his nail, and Midorima sighs. (Takao never does both ears at once; he can’t pay enough attention and it would be too overwhelming, so much sensation that Midorima wouldn’t be able to take it or appreciate it.) But like this, a weekly ritual, it’s more than enough, unwinding Midorima like a loose spool of thread, slowly and carefully until he’s just a mess of trust in Takao’s hands.

Re: FILL: Team Daiya no Ace, B2, M

[greenowl]

Its actually creepy how I changed my phone colour to red a few days ago...and i picked red shorts to wear today...im just creeped out hold me

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Wei Liu/Himuro Tatsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:

we had to keep our relationship hidden when we were together now you moved away and idk if this will ever work out in this life but I love you and I ain't giving up	Fire Emblem AU	you always wait for the bus when I drive home from work with my sweet bicycle wanna have a lift
vampire au	Destiny is cheap	I know you're here to spy on our secret evil organization im actually tired of being here lets take em down from within
PACIFIC RIM???	K-Pop AU	Rugby/Hockey AU

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, A3, T

[kiyala]

Ship: Kimishita Atsushi/Ooshiba Kiichi
Fandom: DAYS
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: ex-boyfriends swearing at, punching, and kissing each other
Square: like a bad habit you can't shake
Word Count: 479

***

It starts with an argument, but Kimishita knows that when they're both in the same room together, that sort of thing is always inevitable. He doesn't really know what more to expect when Ooshiba asks (demands, in his haughty, irritating way) for help with their upcoming mathematics exam. It's a good day when Ooshiba can admit that he's not good at something, and Kimishita goes along with it, thinking to himself that maybe if he can cram enough equations through Ooshiba's thick skull today, they won't have to lose time later when he has to sit for his makeup exams after failing these ones.

Sitting there in Ooshiba's room, bickering over grades, then algebra, then everything else under the sun, just like every other argument that they have. Ooshiba's parents aren't home, and neither is his sister, which gives them free reign to be just as loud as they want. There's no one else to hear all the names that Kimishita calls Ooshiba, each one louder than the last until they're yelling into each other's faces. Ooshiba grabs hold of the front of Kimishita's shirt with one hand, and punches him with the other.

The pain rings through Kimishita's head and he pulls himself free, jabbing his fist right into Ooshiba's side in reply. He pushes Ooshiba down onto the floor, punching him again. Ooshiba is bigger though, stronger, and he rolls them over, grabbing Kimishita by the wrists to stop his punches.

"Fuck you," Kimishita bites out, as their lips meet in a hard kiss. He bites at Ooshiba's mouth, teeth sinking into his lower lip. Ooshiba hisses loudly, pulling back to complain, but Kimishita doesn't give him time to, sitting up and kissing him again.

He hates that this part is just as predictable, when they're alone together. They're not dating; they tried it, it didn't work, and they were meant to have left it behind them, but they keep coming back to this.

"Kiichi," Kimishita growls when he feels Ooshiba's teeth scrape against his neck. "Kiichi. Stop that."

"I'm not leaving a mark," Ooshiba pouts. "You like it, don't you?"

"It's not about what I like," Kimishita replies, pushing Ooshiba away. "I keep telling you to stop being greedy."

Ooshiba frowns down at him, and Kimishita sighs, propping himself up with his elbows. He knows Ooshiba isn't going to learn. Not this quickly, anyway. He wipes his mouth on the back of his hand, fixing his skewed glasses, ready to get back to studying when Ooshiba grabs his chin and kisses him again. Kimishita bites him, but Ooshiba bites back, refusing to give any ground.

With a sigh, Kimishita wraps his arms around Ooshiba and bites him harder this time, then kisses the same spot. Old habits are hard to break, after all, and Kimishita knows that Ooshiba isn't the only one who can be greedy.

Fill: TEAM GRANDSTAND, A1, M

[moetushie]

Ship: Aomine/Kuroko
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: In the Flesh AU
Square: A1, "until the darkness killed the light"
Word Count: (if applicable; otherwise write "None")

I was ~inspired by the song that A1 comes from, and had to write this In the Flesh AU. I realize it's semi-obscure, so basically, in the world of In the Flesh, the zombie apocalypse happened, it was awful, but some scientists were able to formulate a medication that brought zombies back to consciousness -- they're supposed to be reintegrated into society as PDS (Partially Deceased Syndrome) sufferers.

It's an amazing show and extremely (canon) gay, I highly recommend it.

I gave Kuroko some of Simon's backstory.

Read on AO3.


***

Kuroko Tetsuya was one of the first subjects that had responded well to the medication. By the first week, his eyes had cleared. By the second, he was able to form sentences, having retained faultless manners from his past life. Midorima, who had been assigned to observe him, thought that if you ignored certain, telltale signs, it was easy to pretend that the slight young man was perfectly normal, albeit a little bit blank around the edges. It was easy to forget about him.
Kuroko had no memory of the time between his rising and receiving his first dose of medication.
It was for the best.
*
“Midorima-san, why don’t I have visitors?” Kuroko asked him, during one of their sessions. Midorima, momentarily thrown by the question, could only stare at Kuroko for a moment. How had he noticed this? Most visitors were conducted to private rooms like this one.

Kuroko stared back at him calmly.

Midorima harrumphed for a moment, to cover his embarrassment and shuffled his papers around. He frowned. “Well, Kuroko-kun, it seems that your parents had already passed away before your accident. After the Uprising, it became more difficult, as you know, to track down other people. Please wait a little longer, and I am sure you will have visitors.”
Kuroko nodded slowly. “I remember … I was living with a boy and a girl, before my --”

“Yes,” Midorima said, hurriedly, “I am glad you are starting to remember you last days. That’s important to keep your memories of your human life. It will connect you closer to your present … l-existence.”

"I see."

*

Momoi Satsuki was a pretty young woman with a somber expression on her face. After some serious searching, she was presented to Midorima as the only person who was willing to see Kuroko. She refused to answer most of his questions, although she asked her own questions, mostly on how much Kuroko remembered, how much he talked about the day he rose from the dead.

“I hope you are not planning to do anything cruel to ruin Kuroko-kun’s progress,” Midorima said to her severely, as he conducted her to the room where Kuroko was waiting. “He’s one of our best subjects.”

She didn’t look at him. “I loved Tetsu-kun.”

“Encouraging.”

*
From the purely research perspective, the Momoi interview was significant for several reasons. The subject, Kuroko, recognized her instantly, although he had last seen her in his untreated condition. He got up from his chair and she shrank back, alarmed, before his restraints made themselves felt. He sat down again.

“Forgive me, Momoi-san. I can’t pull out the chair for you.”

“It’s all right, Tetsu-kun,” she said, taking a seat. “I was told that you were lonely.”

Kuroko shrugged. “There’s no one here I know. Where is Aomine-kun? He didn’t want to come, I suppose.”

A long silence stretched out before them.

Momoi began to cry.

Kuroko made another, abortive gesture to comfort her.

Finally, Momoi seemed to gather herself up, dabbing away her tears. “So you really don’t remember?”

“Remember what, Momoi-san?”

Another silence, shorter this time.

“After you died, Dai-chan took it the hardest. I think he blamed -- well, he would visit your grave everyday. But on the day of -- when it happened. You came back to us. And you were so much stronger than you had been before --”

“I killed him,” Kuroko said, his face perfectly expressionless.

“Yes,” she said, steadily, “you did.”

“Thank you for seeing me, Momoi-san,” Kuroko said, his head sinking down into his arms. “I understand if you can’t in the future.”

“I-I don’t blame you, Tetsu-kun. I understand that those who were untreated don’t -- I mean, they don’t --”

“Yes, but it was still me. I still did that.” Kuroko looked up, past Momoi, to direction where Midorima was watching. “I’d like to request an end of this interview. Please.”

*

It was twenty-four hours after that interview that Kuroko disappeared from his locked cell and escaped from the facility entirely. Midorima didn’t seem him again, although the rumors told that the Undead Emperor's forces had recruited someone with some interesting abilities.

All of this was, however, pure speculation.

Re: FILL: Team Daiya no Ace, B2, M

[kuriicurry]

SLKDGSJDKHKL WELL DANG,,,,, I HOPE THIS ISN'T CURSING /US/ LMAO..... *HOLDS YOU*

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Bokuto Koutaro/Oikawa Tooru OR/AND Kuroo Tetsurou/Bokuto Koutarou
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: alcohol
Other Tags: none

Prompt:

My cat always ends up at your house for some reason... wait you have a shit ton of cat food. And so many cats. What do you mean you're lonely...oh no	You got me flowers to confess but I'm allergic welcome to ER please enjoy your stay	You got so drunk you forgot who I was and asked me out again. I am your boyfriend
I have used every pick up line in my repertoire and you keep laughing at each one and yeah you're kinda cute laughing but pls stop I'm tryna flirt!!!	we keep sitting at the same table in this cafe every morning at first it was cause its always full but now its just a habit and I really wanna know ur name but we've never talked I am frustrated	I am the hairdresser who fucked up your hair but you keep laughing at me and tell me that dinner's gonna fix it guess I got a date
We're the only two people at this party who literally know no one but the host and we've been standing at the wall next to each other taking turns to get snacks from the buffet.. you're a real bro love you	your car was parked in the wrong lot and now its gone cmon hop in ima drive you home and hey cheer up my dude	You always wave at me when I leave for work in the morning and idk why you do that but I wave back every time thanks

Re: FILL: Team Daiya no Ace, B2, M

[greenowl]

THANKS...friend...can I follow u on tweet

Fill: Team Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru, B3, G

[horchata]

Ship: Oikawa/Kageyama
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Emotional Manipulation (maybe), Body Horror (in author's notes)
Other Tags: middle school Oikawa is a jerk
Square: Eighth Circle (Fraud)
Word Count: 59 lines

Bolgia Nine: Sinners who, in life, promoted scandals, schism, and discord are punished here; particularly those who caused schism within the church or within politics. They are forced to walk around the circumference of the circle bearing horrible, disfiguring wounds inflicted on them by a great demon with a sword. The nature of the wound mirrors the sins of the particular soul; while some only have gashes, or fingers and toes cut off, others are decapitated, cut in half (as schismatics), or are completely disemboweled.


***


There were three of them to start out with, all
huddled together near the white back line;
nearly the same face, each black-haired and tall

and eager to get started-- to spike, shine
among their teammates, and prove their raw worth,
but; one, he could tell, had a setter's mind.

This kid had certain genius to unearth;
could understand the game, its strategy;
was fast, intuitive, and so brought forth

the worst of Oikawa's savagery
(the quiet kind, the kind he used up slow),
so, in addition to his captaincy,

began campaigns to deal a killing blow.
Dear Tobio-chan just didn't understand.
Anyone could tell he didn't know

how to talk to people; tact be damned,
his simple mind made blunt strokes of his words
and even comments that he gave offhand

were sometimes cringe-worthy once heard.
This was somewhere viable to start
to cleave away from their trio one third.

He gagged to think he'd have a heart-to-heart
with the kid, but what else was going to work?
And so when he wheeled over the ball cart

Oikawa pulled him aside. A smirk
danced across his face as he said
"We surely have some plays we must rework!

And what's been going through your thick, thick head?
I see you watching them, and watching you
I know you see their footwork and instead

think of what they could be if they just knew
a better, stronger way to play the game.
Why not tell them, Tobio-chan? I always do."

(He never did. Now, really, who's to blame?
The one who gives the bad advice, or takes?)
And so began the forging of his name,

he festers, spoils, and soon his smile breaks
with fragile friendships, too. His arrogance
and sharp demands bereft of praises shape

the next two years. He'll learn. Pure excellence
does not a leader make. Later, sent by
Seijou's coach and perhaps some petulance,

Oikawa, big fish, swims among the fry,
sits in the stands and sees the toss, its fall,
the echoed bounce of teamwork gone awry,

and Tobio-chan sits down after coach's call
a towel over his head so he could cry
and really, perhaps there was no team at all

and Oikawa cannot figure why;
he'd only sought to cleave one from the pack
but doing so sent the whole team to die.

And as he stares at his kouhai's bent back,
imagines Iwa-chan dropping his toss,
some part of him feels like it's grown a crack,

a fracture somewhere sharp and deep. The loss
stings, even though he's long removed from them.
To see him fail does not seem worth its cost.

His kouhai wipes his eyes; his chest sinks, grim.
This must be what it's like to lose a limb.

Re: FILL: Team Imaizumi Shunsuke/Kinjou Shingo, C1, T

[fickle]

OMG OMG OMG OMG I WASN'T EXPECTING AN AKASHI/AOMINE FILL FROM YOU OMG I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE PAIRING SO I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE FUJI AND SUDDENLY AOMINE.

*hugs both presh babies!*

So! I love the battlefield details, it was really vivid and easy to picture how it was set up.

he's not letting his companions hold him back

That bit killed me because it says SO MUCH about Aomine and his way of thinking. It's companions, not comrades, and he's basically abandoning them to keep fighting - and he abandons them again and again. So perfect.

I fucking LOVE Aomine spitting at Akashi's feet. NO RESPECT, EVEN WHEN BEATEN AND POSSIBLY ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED. And AKashi using JUST enough power to make Aomine fight harder! Knowing that would happen! Wanting that resistance!

The mental image of Akashi pulling Aomine's head back and branding him is just so so very hot. Like. Sick little punch to the stomach of pure appreciation at what an awful-gorgeous idea it is to humiliate and mark Aomine in front of EVERYONE.

Such a deliciously fucked up dynamic and scene, thank you SO MUCH for this!

Re: FILL: Team Daiya no Ace, B2, M

[kuriicurry]

oH of course !! it's @rocking_socks (if you didn't already find me lol), it'd be a pleasure :D

Re: FILL: Team Daiya no Ace, B2, M

[greenowl]

I...didn't, lmao
That's a real cute @ omf

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/OIKAWA TOORU

[sotongsotong]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya &/ Murasakibara Atsushi
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: body horror
Other Tags: magic realism, unnatural eating habits (again)

Prompt:

he used to tread in my dreams	painted in seafoam	there are bubbles in your eyes
mirror crack	the fires you let me try	the stones weathered in his lungs
handmade storms	lived-in shells	you need to stop eating flowers (you'll never bloom)

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/OIKAWA TOORU

[sotongsotong]

Ship: Bokuto Koutarou &/ Kuroo Tetsurou OR Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou OR Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: graphic depictions of violence and gore
Other Tags: blood, death, murder boyfriends edition

Prompt:

second name is hydrochloric acid	be friends with silence	hit list in spreadsheets
remember to wear gloves	oxfords or brogues (knife wounds or toast)	wear your best suit
he listens to the Beatles beside a body	jack be nimble / jack be quick (jack said fuck you and stabbed you with a candlestick)	scrub off those blood stains

Re: FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, B2, T

[lysithea]

YELLS

i don't know you, but i love you

thank you so much for filling! honestly this was really sweet even though half of it is depictions of nausea and vomiting and i really hope that their date next week goes well! i could totally see alex as someone who's usually hangover free. i could also totally see her as someone who'd get completely smashed out of nerves

Re: FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, C2, T

[lysithea]

I! LOVE! THIS! god masako being the head of her own girl gang i'm dead just thinking about it and i love how you worded things; you really do well with descriptive language! alex may not have shivered but i did reading this

PROMPT: TEAM AONE TAKANOBU/SUGAWARA KOUSHI

[kuriicurry]

Ship: Bokuto Koutarou &/ Kuroo Tetsurou OR Bokuto Koutarou &/ Komi Haruki OR Tanaka Ryuunosuke &/ Nishinoya Yuu &/ Ennoshita Chikara
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: it can give you vertigo ???

this is less a creepy places edition and more of a Big Impressive Places Where You Can Be Alone Edition, or simply an explorator aesthetic edition, whichever you prefer... so yeah you can add creepy stuff if you want lol, but it's not required, just simple explorating is cool too !

Prompt:

the great wall of china	san zhi resort	hashima island
an abandoned cathedral	japan's nara dreamland	cambodia's angkor wat
an abandoned nuclear powerplant	an abandoned rocket factory	the son doong cave

Re: PROMPT: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU

[kiwiaste]

I literally choked multiple times reading those, thank you

Re: FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, B2 T

[yrindor]

I love the double reason for Akashi marking Kuroko here. At first the focus is on other people knowing that Kuroko is Akashi's, but then the shift at the end to Akashi wanting Kuroko to know who he belongs to. It's subtle, but it's definitely there and unsettling (as Akashi should be).

(and Murasakibara wondering if Kuroko tastes like cotton candy was so perfect for him)

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, A3, T

[nullsleep]

Ship: Oikawa/Kageyama
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: CLAMP-typical everything
Square: Clover AU
Word Count: 720

I gave up but also I guess this means kageyama has an evil twin out there somewhere

***

Rain pours down for days, warm silver sheets of it running over the window glass, and Tobio is standing at the window with his hands pressed up against it, leaning in, too small yet for his borrowed clothes.

"You could leave," Oikawa reminds him from the door. They were petulant words, once, but by now it's only habit, the familiar lyrics of a song.

Tobio finds Oikawa's eyes in the greyish half-light. His hair is longer now, growing every day, faster than the rest of him. He watches Oikawa the same way he watches rain, like he can extrapolate limitless data from every small vibration, but none of it is his to use or know. At some point, he says, "I can't," but Oikawa has looked away by then, stares over Tobio's shoulder at the rain-blurred skyline there, and he thinks the world is very large but there are all sorts of cages.



Tobio's hair is still too short to tie back from his face, but long enough to curl against his neck in the humidity. At the height of vicarious annoyance, Oikawa cuts it off with kitchen scissors. Tobio doesn't move a millimetre while the blades skim over his skin, and Oikawa thinks about how easy it would be to end it there, how Tobio could will the world to shatter and only bows his head in Oikawa's bath, bares his arteries under fluorescent lights, murmurs I'm in your care while Oikawa savages his fringe with neither skill nor grace.

Afterward, when Oikawa tips his chin and finally steps away, Tobio's reflection stares back at Oikawa's face behind him, and doesn't seem at all concerned for the uneven mess left on his forehead. "Thank you," he says, with those same calculating eyes, and the scissors would clatter to the bloody floor while he held Tobio's shoulders upright, because Tobio would not struggle or regenerate or look away one single moment. Oikawa thinks about the shadows at Tobio's throat instead, how his wrists are fine and already too long for the sleeves he chose last month, how he soars along a parabolic curve, more beautiful each day.

Tobio watches back like Oikawa moves on known trajectories as well, like there's an equation for orbital decay pressing at the insides of his teeth, waiting to be free.

"Freeloader," Oikawa accuses the reflection, and pinches his soft face. "Next you'll be expecting me to cook for you as well."

"No, thank you," Tobio says, the words just faintly dry, a tone that absolutely calls his culinary aptitude into question.

"Ungrateful brat," Oikawa mutters, and musses up his own handiwork.



He's nearly the same height, and moves with steady grace. He cuts his own hair now and he still won't step outside their secured walls, though all the systems open for him like flower petals open, and there is no one who could stop him if he ever chose to go. He works from a latticework of wires like a moth caught in a web; he tilts his head and retrieves satellite telemetry by ear. He has a favourite drink for Oikawa to bring back from the vendor, and someday he would like to meet a cat that isn't clockwork, though he has read that they are fickle beasts and might not care for him at all. He confides these demure wishes into their careful negative space, quiet and measured to precise values of trust. He loves, the only way someone can ever love when they don't have anything else in the world: too much, or not really at all.

When Tobio leans in Oikawa does not kiss him back, but presses his palm to Tobio's unscarred throat over the thrumming of his pulse, and says, "Why bother to trade one prison for another?"

Tobio shuts his eyes and pushes back against Oikawa's searching fingers. He says, "I couldn't be happy there," and Oikawa doesn't pull away and doesn't ask again, but he does not pretend to miss the implications, either. Oikawa is a two-leaf but even he knows where these lines meet, that there's a tuneless hum in each of them counting backwards to some inexorable zero.

"You could leave," Oikawa says, but gravity pulls him in, and there's already a detonator in his brain because Tobio has nowhere else to go.

PROMPT: TEAM THE PRINCE OF TENNIS

[fickle]

Ship: Kuroko &/ GoM & Kagami
Fandom: Kuroko No Basuke
Major tags: none
Other tags: I JUST REALLY WANT KUROKO TO GO INTO THE ZONE, please it is a travesty I don't have this

Prompt:

going into the zone while Kagami is there	going into the zone vs Murasakibara	going into the zone vs Aomine
going into the zone vs Midorima	going into the zone vs Kise	going into the zone while Aomine is (& they're on the same team)
going into the zone vs Kagami	going into the zone vs Akashi	going into the zone with Akashi already in the zone (same team)

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[fickle]

FINALLY SOMEONE PROMPTED MOMOI/RIKO I HAVE BEEN WAITING

Re: FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, C3, G

[horchata]

I LOVED THIS WHOLE ENTIRE THING. Omg!!! You really capture the silly fickle bickering and their deep and weird attachment to each other, the way that Hinata and Kageyama speak to themselves and when they're together. Oh my gosh, of COURSE Hinata wants to show Kageyama the whole camp from above and of course Kageyama has an attitude about it. And then, he still would not risk life or limb with anyone else. I loved this entire fill. Kageyama being claimed by Aphrodite is incredible. Reading this fill makes me want to read Percy Jackson!

(Who do YOU think Hinata belongs to?)