Bonus Round 3: FSTs

[referees]

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

Profess your love for your favorite ships with the power of song! In this round, we ask you to create fan soundtracks and use them as inspiration for new fanwork.

Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible.

RULES

• Submit prompts in the form of a short playlist (1-6 songs) and a ship from any of our nominated fandoms. Submit only the track listing and a link to where they can be listened to; the idea is for others to interpret what you present. You may also link to lyrics if you would like.
• Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Lilia & Sara). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Lilia/Sara). Please don't say "Any pairing," either.
• Create content based on the playlists of others! Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
• Fills may be in any form you choose (except for another FST of course) as long as they are inspired by/fit the mood of the soundtrack they are filling for.
• Remember to 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)
• 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. (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.) <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> <a href="">song title here</a>	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] 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!) <strong>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <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>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"/>. Thumbnails only, please; more info @ 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, [RATING] 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!) <strong>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <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>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"/>. Thumbnails only, please; more info @ 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.

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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 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

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).

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Comments

PROMPT: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou

[plume_sombre]

Ship: Midorima Shintarou/Kise Ryouta
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Possible angst

Prompt:
Ikanaide - Mafumafu & Soraru cover

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Yamagata Hayato/Tendou Satori
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: finally the real tendotp...

Prompt:
crossfire - brandon flowers

PROMPT: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou

[plume_sombre]

Ship: Kindaichi Yuutarou &/ Kageyama Tobio
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Fluff, romance, friendship? As you want rly

Prompt:
Ami - Final Fantasy VIII ost
Fisherman's Horizon - Final Fantasy VIII ost
Tell Me - Final Fantasy VIII ost

Re: PROMPT: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou

[dynamite]

I'M SCREAMING BECAUSE DOES KINDAICHI WANT TO TELL KAGEYAMA ABOUT HIS ROMANTIC DREAM

PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[mousapelli]

Ship: Yuuri/&Phichit
Fandom: Yuri on Ice
Major Tags: NSFW (the internet is for porn)
Other Tags: crippling college debt, phichit's trainwreck roommate

Prompt:
Relient K -- College Kids
Big Time Rush -- Picture This
Avenue Q -- The Internet is For Porn
Detroit Waves

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Naikiri Eizan/Jouichirou Saiba
Fandom: Shokugeki no Souma
Major Tags: Incest
Other Tags: ^^^ kind of implied ? mentioned?, not the main part of the song, uh possessive stalkerish creepy vibes with an upbeat beat

Prompt:
Touches You by MIKA

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Oikawa Tooru/Kageyama Tobio AND Sugawara Koushi/Kageyama Tobio
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Kind of creepy again, im so sorry, the song is about the person wanting to call people who look like their ex-lover the name of their ex-lover, so previous relationship oikage and current or pre kagesuga,

Prompt:
Cornerstone by Arctic Monkeys

FILL: TEAM BOKUTO KOUTAROU/KUROO TETSUROU, T

[notallbees]

Ship: Kageyama Tobio/Sugawara Koushi, minor/past Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Sexual content (implied only)
Other Tags: Alcohol and drinking, Hangovers, Bad Decisions, Sexting, Suga is his own warning
Word Count: 731

this wasn't quite what I meant to write but uhhhhhh this works too

***

read on afterhours

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: any combination or all of Jean Jacques Leroy/Emil Nekola/Phichit Chulanont/Otabek Altin
Fandom: Yuri!!! On Ice
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
shortstop - sara hickman

FILL: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou, T

[justlikeswitchblades]

Ship: Jean-Jacques Leroy/Otabek Altin
Fandom: Yuri on Ice
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: anxiety, baseball AU
Word Count: 466

i gotta watch what i tweet huh

***

New York, thinks JJ, is a terrible place to live.

He knows it’s the homesickness taking root, snug and familiar as a grandmother-knitted sweater, but not nearly as warm. It’s a battle he had to fight when he was traded from the mountain-spiked vistas of Colorado to the under-funded infrastructure of Detroit, and before that, when Colorado was vast and untameable compared to the well-walked streets of his hometown in Quebec.

He should be grateful--city-wise, this is undoubtedly a step up from Detroit, and the Yankees are known around the world--but it just feels like betrayal. Getting drafted as the number one pick, then getting traded from his rookie team to an unfamiliar one, and then to an unfamiliar one after that--it all feels like no one has faith in him and his abilities. The length of his contract could be reassuring--four years, his longest yet--but it hasn’t set in yet. The streets are dirty with days-old slush, and even if he’s still up north, it’s not the one he had come to expect.

There’s too much to fixate on; finding new favorite restaurants, making friends, finding a new therapist and building that relationship back up again so he can vent about all these little things in hopes that they won’t paralyze him; it’s enough to make him stop in the middle of a crosswalk, the abyss of the asphalt between white lines threatening to swallow him whole if he takes a wrong step. Usually he feels at home in intersections--right between second and third, that’s when he’s most comfortable--but not here.

“Jean,” A voice drifts into his ear. “Keep breathing.”

JJ’s eyes snap to the source. Just a few inches shorter than him (and one of the shortest in the MLB; he half-expects the Astros to snatch him up for a five-foot-six hat trick), Otabek is a prospective catcher for the Yankees. Quiet, but they were in the same draft class, and okay company at spring training; at least JJ has him to confide in.

“I’m--” JJ swallows, the words thick in his throat. I’m trying.

“You’ll be okay,” Otabek tells him, his hand firm on JJ’s back as JJ walks across the rest of the street. “It’s just for a few more weeks.”

Just a few more weeks; finishing up the paperwork for his contract and waiting out the offseason until they’re both shipped off to Scranton; for all of JJ’s confidence, he still has muscle to build in the minors first. He just hopes all of his four years won’t be spent there.

“Right,” exhales JJ, a little pale, eyes wide underneath his aviators. “Thanks.”

Otabek nods; his hand stays on JJ, applying gentle pressure through the thick fabric of his peacoat as they walk back to his apartment.

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Oikawa Tooru/Nishinoya Yuu
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Chelsea Dagger is a play on Brittany Spears in case y'all dunno, the song's about the singer's wife who was a burlesque dancer but YOU KNOW DO WHAT YA WANT, WINK WONK, added eros & apollo because it SUITS

Prompt:
Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis
Eros & Apollo by Studio Killers

PROMPT: TEAM KANZAKI MIKI/MIYAHARA

[qingtian]

Ship: Bokuto Koutarou /& Kuroo Tetsurou || Tanaka Ryuunosuke /& Nishinoya Yuu || Azumane Asahi /& Nishinoya Yuu || Oikawa Tooru /& Iwaizumi Hajime || Aoyagi Hajime /& Teshima Junta || Kanzaki Miki /& Tachibana Aya || Hiyama Chinatsu /& Koumoto Akira
Fandom: Haikyuu!! || Yowamushi Pedal || Ballroom e Youkoso
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None, the last ship is certainly ironic i guess, lucky to be in love with my best friend, lucky to have been who i have been,

Prompt:

1. Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat - Lucky
2. Jason Mraz, Ximena Sariñana - Lucky

FILL: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu, G

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Tanaka Ryuunosuke/Nishinoya Yuu
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: This song makes me think of beaches
Word Count: None

I really need to draw tanaka more often. Also what are they even doing i dont know they just love each other a loT OKAY

***

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PROMPT: TEAM THE PRINCE OF TENNIS

[fickle]

Ship: Kimishita/Mizuki
Fandom: DAYS
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: it's a dark song but if you just want to make it graduation angst, that's fine too
Prompt:

Time Is Running Out Muse
Our time is running out/ You can't push it underground/ You can't stop it screaming out

PROMPT: TEAM THE PRINCE OF TENNIS

[fickle]

Ship: Kazama/Tsukamoto, Aomine/Kuroko, Manami/Midousuji
Fandom: DAYS, Kuroko no Basuke, Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: suicide warnings, like idk how you interpret it, but I always took it as the singer promising to kill himself, when his lover died, really would rather not have Kuroko being the one to kill himself though, but it's up to you!
Prompt:

I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
If there's no one beside you/ When your soul embarks/ Then I'll follow you into the dark

Fill: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu, M

[lemontongues]

Ship: Aomine Daiki/Kuroko Tetsuya
Fandom: Kuroko No Basuke
Major tags: Death, suicide
Other tags: Angst
Word count: 401

hey! our aokuro talk the other day inspired me to try tackling this even though i don't usually do much angst lol, i hope it's okay!

***

It’s cruel. Losing his shadow the first time had been bad enough, nearly killed him in some ways. But at least back then, it was a self-inflicted pain. He had done it to himself, cut himself adrift from his anchor and lost himself in the absence of darkness, become a harsh, formless thing that couldn't be called a light anymore. And his pride had allowed him to turn himself cold, served as a thin, fragile layer of ice that had held the pain at bay.

This time, things are different. It’s been years since his shadow returned, reignited his light and allowed the ice to melt, leaving him raw and new and hurting. His shadow had forgiven him, sheltered him, loved him when he hadn't deserved it, and in the gentleness of that shade, he had slowly recovered. He owes his shadow a debt for that which he spends every day trying to repay, even though he knows that he never will.

Never would have, at least. Before, he could have still dreamed that he might be able to do so, but he can't cling to that comforting fantasy anymore. Because his shadow is gone again now, suddenly, permanently, cruelly.

It makes him ill, how mundane it was. A car accident. It’s like a kick in the throat, saps the air from his lungs to think about how easily he finds himself alone again. No shadow to ground him, no gentle, patient touch to soothe him, no sharp eyes and sharp tongue to challenge him. Just him and the awful, hollow ache that radiates endlessly through his body, like he was the one who had been in the road that day.

---

He knows this isn't the right thing to do.

It’s selfish. Momoi and Kagami and the others are already hurting enough, and he shouldn't do this to them. He knows that, as he makes his way onto the familiar street court. It’s late, and the low, ruddy sun casts long shadows across the pavement.

He shouldn't do this. But as he lays down, lets his back thump against the concrete and reaches into his pocket, he can't think of another way for this to end. If there’s no shadow, there’s no light, either, just a bleak, pointless motion of particles with nothing to define it. He takes a deep breath, closes his eyes, and follows the darkness he finds.

PROMPT: TEAM THE PRINCE OF TENNIS

[fickle]

Ship: (Kimishita, Indou)/Mizuki or Imayoshi/Hanamiya
Fandom: DAYS or Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: please feel free to make this as dark and terrible as you like :)
Prompt:

Immortals- Fall Out Boy
I’ll try to picture me without you but I can’t/ 'Cause we could be immortals, immortals/ Just not for long,

PROMPT: TEAM KANZAKI MIKI/MIYAHARA

[qingtian]

Ship: Hiyama Chinatsu /& Koumoto Akira || Hiyama Chinatsu /& Hanaoka Shizuku || Kanzaki Miki /& Tachibana Aya
Fandom: Ballroom e Youkoso || Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Obsession, is a possible interpretation of the song?, it's 1am im just throwing this here have at it

Prompt:

1. Groove Armada - Think Twice
2. Hooverphonic - Mad About You

PROMPT: TEAM KANZAKI MIKI/MIYAHARA

[qingtian]

Ship: Hiyama Chinatsu /& Koumoto Akira || Hiyama Chinatsu /& Hongou Chidzuru || Kanzaki Miki /& Tachibana Aya
Fandom: Ballroom e Youkoso || Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Angst, pining, "why don't you want me like the other boys do?//they stare at me while i stare at you", "all that time wasted//i wish i was a little more delicate"

Prompt:

1. Flight Facilities - Crave You
2. Sarah Jeffe - Clementine

Fill: Team Grandstand, G

[babster]

Ship: Hiyama Chinatsu/Koumoto Akira
Fandom: Ballroom e Youkoso
Major Tags: bullying (referenced)
Other Tags: pining, some body-image discussion
Word Count: 422

Listening to these songs gave me about 80,000 Chinatsu/Akira ideas and I tried to put them all together in a coherent way. Hopefully I succeeded.

***

Akira has the kind of figure that makes the boys who used to tease her for being fat stare and stumble over their words. She’s proud of how she looks, most of the time, and dancing keeps her fit and strong.

If only Chinatsu seemed to notice. If only she looked at Akira even once like those boys did, full of want. If only her hands strayed or lingered or pressed closer than necessary when they danced, instead of remaining proper and impersonal.

Akira tried, once, to press herself close to Chinatsu—faked a stumble and fallen against Chinatsu’s strong, upright body. All she’d earned was a derisive glare and a comment about how her chest seemed to be throwing off her balance. Akira blushed, ashamed and angry at Chinatsu and herself, and kept her distance the rest of the day.

She misses their old, easy friendship, when every other sentence wasn’t an insult. They can’t go back, though, no matter how much she might want. Chinatsu hurt her, and it was easier for Akira to hurt her back than explain how she felt, and now here they are, locked in a cycle of spiteful remarks. At least this way Chinatsu can’t ignore her. At least this way Akira still has a part of Chinatsu that’s only for her.

It’s stupid, she knows that, to want Chinatsu like this. She goes to bed and tells herself that, when she wakes up, she won’t love her anymore. And then she gets to school and sees Chinatsu’s tall, slim body, broad shoulders and that red, red hair, and her heart catches fire all over again. She can’t help but sidle up to Chinatsu, talk to her, look at her, and hope.

Chinatsu loved her, once, Akira knows. Maybe it wasn’t the way Akira loved her (loves her, will always love her, it seems), but maybe it was, or could have been. Maybe they still have a chance to be…something, something better than the mess they are now. It’s one of the reasons she keeps her hair short—a reminder to Chinatsu of how they first became friends.

Chinatsu grows her hair out. She’s always been selfish, thinking only of herself. Akira wishes she could hate her for it (she does, a little, but even that feeling is bound up with love).

The boys don’t tease Akira about her weight anymore. Instead, they stare with hot eyes while she smiles and wishes they wouldn’t. And she, in turn, stares after Chinatsu, and wants, and hopes.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Mayuzumi Chihiro/Akashi Seijuurou
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: "the gentlest bgm on the umineko ost" edition, fancy summer jams, instrumental + mayuaka is my favorite combination, ...if you do want to go umineko au with this one please no spoilers

Prompt:
Natsu no Tobira - dai
Hidamari - dai
Praise - sumiisan

FILL: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou, G

[cherrysalmon]

Ship: Mayuzumi Chihiro/Akashi Seijuurou
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: mention of someone being sunburnt?
Word Count: 683

i...don't know the source material so i just went with...this...orz

***

“Chihiro, come here.”

“I’d rather not, thanks.”

Mayuzumi does not have to look in Akashi’s direction to know he’s being judged, however slightly, for refusing to step out into the sun. It’s July and hot enough for him to not want to have anything to do with leaving his room, let alone be dragged all the way out here in the middle of nowhere, too close to the billions of grains of hot sand that are starting to stick to every inch of his body.

And Akashi had prevailed, yet again. Figures.

Maybe it’s the fact that he’s never had one of those experiences before Mayuzumi sees on the television: youth dramas waxing poetic about summer and the sea and couples running along the sandy dunes at sunset. If he looks up he could probably see seagulls circling them, calling out, the melodrama of the whole situation straight out of a light novel.

“Chihiro.”

“You’re not listening to me at all, aren’t you.”

Akashi shoves a bottle of sunscreen at Mayuzumi, completely ignoring his words. “Help me put this on then, if you insist on staying here.”

Mayuzumi sighs, but he does as he is told.

-

“This is your fault.”

Akashi slaps—a little too hard, Mayuzumi thinks, and on purpose—at his sunburnt neck with some aloe vera, making him flinch. They’re sitting in the shade for a kakigori pit stop, but the owner is nowhere to be seen. Alright, guess it’s another unfortunate day for me, Mayuzumi thinks, wincing a little as he feels the cooling effect start to work its way into his skin. It was so absolutely unfair that Akashi had been out there for that long and had had nothing happen to him.

“I wasn’t aware I had the power to control the sun.”

“God, you wish you did.” Mayuzumi replies without thinking, and Akashi side-eyes him with that amused little smile of his that could mean nothing good. At least now that they’re on dry land Akashi can’t throw him into the ocean. “I…what is that.”

Akashi hums, not answering, and stands up to walk towards the counter again. “I’m thirsty, that’s all.”

Finally, a sign that you’re human. Mayuzumi makes to stand, but then thinks better of it—better let Akashi serve him for once, because he’d be lying if he isn’t impressed at how well Akashi is playing at being an average person who actually enjoys going on a bougie beach vacation. Not even Mayuzumi could manage that, and he is decidedly much more average than anyone around.

He wonders what kind of vacations Akashi had gone on as a child—there would be servants carrying a towel for him, of course, and they’d be having caviar instead of popsicles. Perhaps he doesn’t even walk; people like that are carried around everywhere, aren’t they?

Someone taps Mayuzumi on the shoulder, bringing him back to the present, where Akashi is standing next to him with only one serving of violently pink strawberry kakigori in hand.

“You’re not getting any?”

“You shouldn’t eat so many sweets.”

Mayuzumi inhales, unable to keep the offense out of his voice. “Are you my mo—“

Akashi, ever the risk-taker, shoves a spoonful of shaved ice into his mouth. Mayuzumi almost chokes, the sudden chill on his tongue not so much offensive as surprising. It’s quite enough to take his mind off the fantasy he’s constructed or the pain in his neck. He does not have much time to savor it, though, as Akashi leans in, and oh—

“You could’ve,” Mayuzumi says, breathless as they break apart, the taste of salt from Akashi’s lips still lingering and enhancing the sweetness inside his mouth, “You—could’ve just gotten two.”

Something swells inside him as he notes the pink on Akashi’s cheeks, whether it’s from the sun or the kiss notwithstanding. “Eat up, Chihiro.”

Mayuzumi reaches for the spoon, a wry smile playing on his own lips. Akashi may like to take things from others, this included, but it doesn’t mean two can’t play the game. “You’re not the only one who’s thirsty.”

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Kagami Taiga/Kuroko Tetsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: ANGST

Prompt:
Ryuusei Dreamline - Plasmagica [lyrics]

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Kagami Taiga/Kuroko Tetsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: Spoilers for Last Game
Other Tags: Angst
Word Count: 439

***

Kuroko looks at the stars, and tries not to think about how they wouldn't yet be out for Kagami too.

The distance between them seems so unfathomably wide and it's hard to feel like they're still living under the same sky, when it's so different for them both. He sighs softly, sprawling out on the blanket that he's brought outside, and Nigou whines softly, curling up into a tight ball against his side, against the chill in the night air.

It's probably warmer in L.A. Kuroko remembers Kagami telling him so; he remembers lying out on the roof of Kagami's apartment building on the same blanket that he's lying on right now, staring up at the stars on a clear night together, making sure to enjoy their time together, knowing that it's going to be one of the only few times they'll have, before they have to part.

Kuroko shuts his eyes. He doesn't want to look at the stars right now. Not when Kagami can't see them too. It's lonely, lying here in the dark, and the starlight feels too distant, too cold by the time it reaches him.

In his pocket, his phone starts buzzing.

It's Kagami. He knows even before he's taken it out of his pocket to look. He knows, the same way he's always known what Kagami is thinking, what he's about to do.

"Hello," he greets. "It's early, isn't it?"

"Hey." Kagami's voice is tired and scratchy, and it fills Kuroko with longing, for training camps when they would wake up too early together, for games when they would be exhausted afterwards. Kuroko longs, and there's nothing he can do about it. "I just wanted to talk to you. I…"

Miss you. The words hang in the silence between them, unspoken on either end, because admitting something like that means allowing themselves to actually properly feel it, and Kuroko isn't ready for that just yet. Apparently, neither is Kagami.

"I know," Kuroko sighs. He shuts his eyes and wonders if he can pretend hard enough to fool himself into thinking that Kagami's lying right next to him again, under the same starry sky. "How is everything?"

"Good." Kagami sounds a little awkward. "There are a lot of challenging players here. It's nice going up against them. It's different, though. I'm still getting used to being on the court here. You know how it is."

Kuroko does, better than anyone else. He's still adjusting to being on the court without Kagami too. It's difficult, but he'll find a way. They both will.

And then, someday, they'll find their way to each other once again.

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Isashiki Jun/Kominato Ryousuke or Aomine Daiki/Kise Ryouta/Midorima Shintarou
Fandom: Daiya no Ace, Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
the voice - eimear quinn

FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, T

[hatchbacks]

Ship: Aomine/Midorima/Kise
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Word Count: 428

***

The conference semifinals begin with all four of them left and end with Ryouta’s team knocked out and Daiki and Shintarou left to battle it out for the one eastern conference spot in the finals. It’s not fair, but basketball never is, and maybe it is fair that Ryouta’s team had lost in five games to the Suns; maybe it’s fair that Daiki and Shintarou are the best. It’s horribly unfair that they’ll never play each other in the finals if they stay where they are (but Ryouta can’t imagine them being traded, the franchises being built up around them to pull ahead in the east) but that’s exhausting in its own way (Ryouta knows that from experience). And this time he’s the odd one out, on the outside looking in on Daiki and Shintarou.

But it won’t be over after this; one of them will keep playing and the other will nurse his wounds. They’ll all be in the same city; they’ll both end up supporting the third of them.

“Who are you rooting for?” is what Daiki greets Ryouta with.

Ryouta rolls his eyes. “I’m rooting for a good series, and for both of you to do well.”

“Come on,” says Daiki. “I know you like Cleveland better as a city, and we have the better team. Though if you feel sorry for Shintarou…”

Shintarou snorts, pinching Daiki’s ear; Daiki slaps at him and Shintarou crosses his arms.

“You two are full of energy at least,” says Ryouta.

“I’m sorry,” says Daiki, his arm winding around Ryouta’s waist, kissing Ryouta’s cheek.

They’d both sent apology texts after the loss; the weight sinks again in Ryouta’s chest thinking about that night all over again, hitting shot after shot but digging himself further into a hole, being scored on too fast too soon, trying to be five places at once. He slides his other hand into Shintarou’s and Shintarou smiles back at him. It’s easier for them to be gracious when they’re still in it, but it doesn’t feel too bad.

“He’s rooting for the Celtics, of course,” says Shintarou.

“Ryouta,” Daiki whines, kissing his cheek again.

Ryouta smiles; it’s fun when they try to bribe him even if this is all a badly-disguised ploy to cheer him up (because it’s working and because he knows on some level they are pretty damn invested in getting his preference).

“I'm glad to be here,” he says, pulling both Daiki and Shintarou in towards him (with a “that’s not an answer” from Daiki and a “shut up” from Shintarou).

PROMPT: TEAM BOKUTO KOUTAROU/AKAASHI KEIJI

[gogoshiki]

Ship: Terushima Yuuji & Daichi Sawamura OR Bokuto Koutarou & Kuroo Tetsurou
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: I have nothing to say

Prompt:
Kazoo Kid - Kazoo Kid (Trap Remix)

PROMPT: TEAM KUROO TETSUROU/SAWAMURA DAICHI

[putsch]

Ship: Emil/Mickey
Fandom: Yuri On Ice
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Hey Mickey! - Toni Basil

FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, T

[hibari1_chan]

Ship: Emil Nekola/Michele Crispino, Sara Crispino & Emil Nekola
Fandom: Yuri !! on Ice
Major Tags: Very light sexual references
Other Tags: First meetings starring also Sara Crispino (because Mickey), also Sara is the evil twin fight me, Emil leering at Mickey.
Word Count: 1262 words

I really have no idea how it got that long XD I wanted to write it because it's one of those rarepairings of mine in Yoi and *sigh* here I am. I hope you'll enjoy it.

***

Emil remembered very well the first time he had first laid eyes on Michele Crispino. Though he was usually so chatty, in this moment, he couldn’t have uttered a single word. Which had been quite unfortunate since they had supposedly been introducing themselves. The panty-dropper Italian had rose a quizzical eyebrow at the lack of response from him, and when Emil had noticed that his extended hand had almost fallen on his side, his body had moved on its own, grasping it in between both of his hands. He had started shaking them up and down energetically and grinning madly, hoping to communicate his enthusiasm at meeting such a handsome creature through his actions since he didn’t trust his voice. Thankfully, his coach had filled in the blank for him, and while Michele had turned to look at him and greet him as well, he had taken the opportunity to openly ogle at the older skater. He honestly looked like a model, and Emil had inwardly cursed at how none of the medias could have replicated so much hotness, because he would have definitely paid more attention to this skater and less to living legend Viktor Nikiforov if that had been the case. As if sensing his thoughts, Michele had turned to look at him curiously and had glanced at their still clasped hands. Emil had gotten the hint easily but he had decided to play dumb just to steal some more precious seconds. To distract him, he had finally spoken up.

“I’m so very pleased to meet you !! Hey, do you mind if I call you Mickey ? Oh, and we should exchange information !! We could also go grab something to eat together to talk more, maybe after the competition would be the best ? What do you say, Mickey ?”

The Italian’s eyes had widened and it had taken all of Emil’s willpower not the lean forward to appreciate more closely the peculiar, stunning eye color he possessed. Just at the moment he was opening his mouth to answer, some steps were heard and a pretty girl who looked suspiciously like Mickey had started talking to him in what Emil could only guess was Italian. The melodious and deep voice of the older skater when he had replied to her had almost made him swoon.

“Oh, you have company. I’m sorry I didn’t notice you at all !”

Emil had felt Mickey applying some force to get his hand back and he had reluctantly let go.

“No worries, I guess that with such a tall and broad person, anyone could have easily missed me !”

He had laughed for good measure. He had had already heard of the Crispino twins who were both in the skating world so, if his assumption had been correct, he’d have better make a good impression on her. She had smiled back at him and he had felt relief wash over him.

“I’m Sara, Mickey’s twin sister. I guess he has already told you that I’m competing too but for the ladies. I’m sorry if he has been a bother, he can get quite annoying, don’t mind him.”

She had sent him an apologetic look while extending her hand. Emil had quickly taken it and shaken it, and Mickey had seemed particularly outraged.

“Hey ! I’m proud of my little sister ! What’s wrong with that ? Okay, stop now, that handshake has been going on for far too long already.”

He had physically broken it by grabbing Emil’s hand and he couldn’t help the shiver that coursed through him and his increasing heartbeat at the thought of sex-on-legs Mickey touching him willingly. He had looked straight at him and upon sensing his intense stare, he had let go of him. Out of the corner of his eye, he had realized that Sara had been watching the exchange intently.

“So, I’m sorry but I didn’t quite catch your name.”

“Emil. Emil Nekola. I’m the figure skater representing Czech Republic.”

She had been looking at him questioningly and Emil had started to feel anxious even though it wasn’t really in his nature.

“Hey, what if we exchanged information ? It’s always useful to have the contacts of fellow skaters, don’t you think so Emil ?”

He had been a bit taken aback by her quick change of attitude.

“Hum, yeah. Yeah, of course. I’d love to it’d be great.”

At the moment he had taken his phone out, Mickey had interrupted them once again by putting himself in between them, like a barrier.

“Stop that !! Both of you !! There will be no information exchange between you, I can guarantee that.”

He had heard Sara sigh loudly.

“Fine ! But then, you take his information.”

“Why should I do that ?”

“Competitive figure skating is a small word, Mickey. You two will bump into each other more often than you think and since he’s European too, we will see him more often than let’s say, Phichit or Seung-Gil.”

“You know quite a lot of male skaters.”

“It’s because you always insist on dragging me with you to your competitions, you’re the only one to blame here. Plus, I’m a fan, remember ?”

Mickey had been pouting while considering it and it was the most adorable thing Emil had ever seen.

“Fine ! If that can prevent this from happening.”

He had gestured vaguely towards Emil and then Sara who was still hidden behind him. Emil had almost laughed at the absurdity of his fear.

They had quickly done the deed since their coach had stopped talking and Mickey’s was waiting for him to go train some more before the start of the competition. He had therefore reluctantly left him and Sara alone.

“So, Emil right ? Sorry if I’m being a bit too straightforward but are you gay or do you only think that my brother is hot ?”

He had laughed.

“Both, actually. And that’s fine. It’s not like I particularly hide it.”

Sara had rolled her eyes.

“Yeah, I’ve noticed. And sorry about Mickey but he’s not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. It’ll take you more than making eyes at him to get it into his thick skull that you’re interested.”

He had chuckled.

“That’s fine with me. I want to get to know him better before making a move actually.”

“And you’re welcome by the way. For his contact. It doesn’t seem like it but he’s quite shy around strangers it’ll be easier to befriend him through social media.”

“Well, thank you then. I definitely owe you one.”

She had smiled slyly.

“Oh, I don’t just do it for you, Emil, so don’t worry about owing me or anything. While helping you, I’m also helping myself in my way to freedom. Well, it’s not like I’d have accepted anyone, just so you know. But I actually think you’ll be good for my brother. Though I can only get you so far, if you mess up it’s not my responsibility at all.”

He had gulped loudly.

“I’ll do my best, then.”

“Great. So I’ll consider us partners from now on.”

Emil had kept looking at Sara. Although she effectively looked like a female version of her twin brother, they didn’t give off the same impression at all. It had seemed like they were exact opposites : while Mickey could scare with his tough demeanor and exterior he was the straightforward type, reserved and gentle, and Sara seemed very sweet but was in fact very conniving.

“What is it ?”

Emil had hesitated a bit before speaking up.

“It’s just that... you’re starting to scare me.”

Her expression had turned devious.

“Good.”

PROMPT: TEAM BOKUTO KOUTAROU/AKAASHI KEIJI

[gogoshiki]

Ship: Oikawa Tooru/Kageyama Tobio
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Emotional manipulation
Other Tags: Corruption, FHQ probably (I'm desperate)

Prompt:
Clean - Big Data

FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, T

[fickle]

Ship: Oikawa/Kageyama
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 659 words

I feel like you might’ve wanted something more sexual? ^^;; I hope you like this anyway. Featuring demon king!Oikawa in a demon world AU because I’ve never actually read/seen/played FHQ and Google did not provide me with summaries but I know Oikawa is a demon king there so I just ran with that.

***


The demons have a somewhat unusual system for passing down the crown. New kings are not born but chosen, marked by prophecy to take the throne.

Oikawa has ruled for a long, long time and still he does not expect it when the demons come to him with news of a successor.

At first, he thinks like every other king, that he should kill the contendor for his throne. After all, who really knows if there even is such a thing as prophecy? The prophets could simply be making it up by choosing a random imp whenever they think the demon king is due to be replaced. As long as he makes it look like an accident, nobody can accuse him ot doing a power grab for the throne.

Besides, they're demons. Only a fool would expect them to play fair anyway.

To his dismay, however, he finds that the newcomer is no imp but already a fully grown demon. Tch. Oikawa asks around and finds that the demon is known for his arrogance. He's already being referred to as the King (a fact which only further incenses Oikawa, do they really think he has already abdicated the throne?) and is known for both his arrogance and his genius.

Further inquiries clarify that Tobio is only a genius at spellcasting and battle. While he is a tactical genius, he has no knowledge of how to rule and Oikawa will be expected to impart that to him.

He considers, briefly but seriously, deliberately sabotaging Tobio's future regime by giving him bad advice. The alliances of Hell are complicated and its denizens are ambitious. Whenever there is a transfer of power, multiple demons take advantage of the period of transition to try to jockey for a higher standing or fight their way up the ranks. All Oikawa would need to do would be to tell Tobio to trust the wrong demon and Tobio would die as surely as if Oikawa ran him through.

Ah, but then the legends would focus more on Tobio, the Fallen King, than on the Grand King Oikawa who preceded him. No. It's better for his own reputation, his own story, if Tobio is a competent but not noteworthy king.

To his dismay, however, he finds that the newcomer is no imp but already a fully grown demon. Tch. Oikawa asks around and finds that the demon is known for his arrogance. He's already being referred to as the King (a fact which only further incenses Oikawa, do they really think he has already abdicated the throne?) and is known for both his arrogance and his genius.

Further inquiries clarify that Tobio is only a genius at spellcasting and battle. While he is a tactical genius, he has no knowledge of how to rule and Oikawa will be expected to impart that to him.

He considers, briefly but seriously, deliberately sabotaging Tobio's future regime by giving him bad advice. The alliances of Hell are complicated and its denizens are ambitious. Whenever there is a transfer of power, multiple demons take advantage of the period of transition to try to jockey for a higher standing or fight their way up the ranks. All Oikawa would need to do would be to tell Tobio to trust the wrong demon and Tobio would die as surely as if Oikawa ran him through.

Ah, but then the legends would focus more on Tobio, the Fallen King, than on the Grand King Oikawa who preceded him. No. It's better for his own reputation, his own story, if Tobio is a competent but not noteworthy king.

Fine then. Oikawa will teach Tobio properly. He will do his duty as the king of the demons.

(But when the time comes for the duel of succession, for Tobio to fight and kill him to win the throne, Oikawa will do his very best to kill Tobio instead. The Grand King will

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[chameleonskin]

Ship: Shinkai Hayato & Usakichi or Arakita Yasutomo & Aki-chan or Fukutomi Juichi & Turtle or Kuroko Tetsuya & Nigou or Echizen Ryoma & Karupin or Victor Nikiforov & Makkachin or Katsuki Yuuri & Vicchan or Yuri Plisetsky & Pyocha or Phichit Chulanont & his numerous hamsters or Mikoshiba Momotarou (or Sousuke maybe?) & Pyunsuke or any other character and their cute pets♡
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal, Kuroko No Basuke, The Prince of Tennis, Yuri!!! on Ice, Free!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: PLEASE keep it platonic

Prompt:
You're my best friend ♫ Queen

FILL: Team Aoyagi Hajime/Koga Kimitaka/Teshima Junta, G

[yusukesjeans]

Ship: Arakita Yasutomo & Aki-chan
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Kids, dogs
Word Count: None.

***

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PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[grannypix]

Ship: Midousuji Akira/Naruko Shoukichi
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: mention of violence (guns)
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
It's Oh So Quiet - Björk
I Wanna Be Yours - Foxy Shazam
My Trigger - Miike Snow

PROMPT: TEAM KUROO TETSUROU/SAWAMURA DAICHI

[putsch]

Ship: Oikawa/Kageyama OR Kuroo/Daichi OR Hiruma/Agon OR Taichi/Arata OR Toudou/Makishima
Fandom: Haikyuu, Eyeshield 21, Chihayafuru, Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: death/murder in the lyrics
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
I can't decide - Scissor Sisters

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, T

[dynamite]

Ship: oikawa tooru / kageyama tobio
Fandom: haikyuu
Major tags: mention of bodily fluids (blood), mention of death (non-canon character death), murder, depictions of violence/gore, violence to specific body parts (hands)
Other tags: it's secret agent time my dudes
Word count: 518

those tags are probably much scarier than this actually is, they're just having a Good Time (I think)


***


Kageyama tries to flip over the chair without much success.

Even the full strength of his legs does him no good, tied as he is by the ankles and wrists to the chair. Oikawa had used wire, looped a dozen times, thin enough that if Kageyama moved even a centimetre wrong, it would slice through him like he was just so much soft meat. Oikawa would probably love that. It would be nothing new to either of them.

For a moment, Kageyama wonders if the handful of seconds while he’s bleeding out are worth the chance it would offer him. Stupid, Kageyama thinks. Oikawa-san would laugh and call him stupid. That somehow feels worse than having thin wire cut into his bones, and Kageyama shivers despite himself; it’s cold here, but the adrenaline running electric under his skin burns him feverish and bright.

“Looks like even the little genius can get caught afterall,” Oikawa says conversationally. There’s a slim knife in his hands, but it’s the sharpness of his mouth that Kageyama worries about. Or maybe it’s the way the blade flicks in and out between Oikawa’s fingers. “Lucky, lucky, lucky me.”

The small room is stripped bare of furniture. There is only the naked lightbulb hanging low from the ceiling, the rickety wooden chair Kageyama is strapped to, the table Oikawa is sitting on, cross-legged and elegant as if he’s without a care in the world. He probably doesn’t have a care in the world, at least not right now, what with the body of an enemy agent slumped in the corner being one of the last of the problems plaguing Oikawa that he has worked so diligently to resolve. It hadn’t been easy, but Oikawa never does easy, anyway. Kageyama can’t help but admire him even now as he shifts just slightly, feels the wire looping tight enough around his wrist he thinks that maybe he stopped feeling anything at all. Something wet and warm trickles slowly into Kageyama’s left hand palm, and he watches Oikawa’s smile light up. It’s pretty.

“Haven’t you learned anything by now, Tobio-chan,” Oikawa says. His voice is almost fond. “Haven’t you been staring at me long enough to know everything.” Oikawa stands up. His steps are slow and measured as he walks over, and Kageyama can only stare, willing himself not to struggle. White blade, white teeth, white hands. Oikawa still looks so pristine despite the pool of blood cooling across the dirty cement floor. Kageyama tries not to think about how he would look like as another one of Oikawa’s bodies.

“I have learned everything I need to know,” Kageyama says stubbornly. His mouth always did do its own thing. “Are you going to kill me now, Oikawa-san.”

“Not cute, Tobio,” Oikawa smiles as he slides his small knife into Kageyama’s trapped hands, instead. It’s game, of course it’s a game. Kageyama can feel sweat sliding down his neck. The lightbulb flickers suddenly, and Kageyama blinks against the sodium flare. “Your turn,” Oikawa says as he leans in, unarmed, and waits. “You get two moves.”

Kageyama only needs one.

PROMPT: TEAM KUROO TETSUROU/SAWAMURA DAICHI

[putsch]

Ship: Bokuto&/Oikawa (or BOKUTO&/Akaashi, Oikawa&/Iwaizumi) OR TAICHI&/Chihaya/Arata
Fandom: Haikyuu, Chihayafuru
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Oh no! - Mariana and the Diamonds

Cause I feel like I'm the worst so I always act like I'm the best!

Re: PROMPT: TEAM KUROO TETSUROU/SAWAMURA DAICHI

[kazuyas]

this prompt has a fun double meaning because when i read it i, too, said "oh NO"

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[antler_action]

Ship: Sakaki Doburoku/Shouji Gunpei
Fandom: Eyeshield 21
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
Calleth You, Cometh I - The Ark