Bonus Round 4: Quotes

[referees]

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

An oldie but a goodie—in this round, we draw inspiration from famous words said by other people.

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

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a quote attributed to a specific person or character, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
  • Example: "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." -Friedrich Nietzsche
  • The quote can come from almost anything—famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, etc.— but please don't quote personal conversations you've had or overheard.
  • Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Natsuo & Yuzuko). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Natsuo/Yuzuko). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your quote-inspired fanwork.
• Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
• 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>	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.

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SCORING

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Comments

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[willow]

Ship: Kevin/Ryoma
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: child abuse
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
“hell is for children
And you shouldn't have to pay for your love
With your bones and your flesh.” - Pat Benatar

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[willow]

Ship: Riku/Takeru
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:

“The word of the day is legs. Let's go back to my place and spread the word.” ― Gena Showalter ♥

FILL: Team Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi, T

[putsch]

Ship: iwashimizu/gion/miyuki
Fandom: all out
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: aged up characters, college parties, drinking/being drunk
Word Count: 717

***

it's his first party with his new college team, and miyuki really wishes someone would've warned him of what in would entail. things like:

1) liquor
2) music so loud he couldn't hear himself think
3) more people than he's ever seen packed into such a small space
4) beer
5) seriously, where did all this booze even come from?

he initially thought that the party would be made easier by having sumiaki and gion around since then he'd have at least two people he knew, but he should've known better. sumiaki hates crowds of this size more than he does, and gion is probably off doing something stupid, like a keg stand or picking a fight. miyuki doesn't know, and to be honest he doesn't even care. really, he's more worried about nursing his drink so no one offers him another and the way sumiaki is wobbling in the corner and looking around for exits.

"are you, you sure we can't leave?"

"i mean, maybe? we just have to make sure our senpais don't catch us, or have gion rat us out, who knows what will happen then."

two hands grab him by the shoulders as if summoned, and gion is laughing right into his ear. "oi, you better not be talkin' shit about me!"

"kenji." sumiaki sighs with relief, although miyuki doubts he would if he could smell the amount of beer on his breath. he definitely did a keg stand. "i think, i think i'm gonna go home."

"whaaat?!" gion groans and leans even more of his weight onto miyuki - he's not much taller, but he is all solid muscle that both feels very nice and is very heavy. "but we just got hereeee, miyuki, tell 'im, we gotta stay. have fun."

"that is the point of the party," gion lights up, "but, if you're not having fun there's no point in staying."

"so you gonna stay with me?"

both sumiaki and gion are looking at him, and goddammit, this is not where he wants to be, picking between two of his favorite people.

"miyuuuuuukiiiiii--"

"ah, no, never mind, if you're having fun you should stay,"

"tree trunk, you should, should drink, have you had a drink? maybe then you'll stop being such a wuss about this!"

"i'm not going to drink, i don't like the taste of that stuff--"

miyuki downs the rest of his drink and then trashes his cup. this is going no where, even with gion off of him and clambering all over sumiaki there's no way he's going to budge.

--or, he thought so, but sumiaki is a very interesting shade of red and gion is starting to grin with tinges of something wild.

"c'monnnnn, su-mi-a-ki."

gion using his first name makes sumiaki melt against the wall, and gion looks like he's the cat who got the cream.

"hey now," miyuki goes up and leans on gion, just a little bit of payback. "since when did you start calling him by his name."

"uh, when it's good, duh?"

"oh, so then i can call you kenji?"

gion's ears go bright red, and he's about to open his fat mouth to say something indignant when the loudest wolf whistle comes from somewhere behind them.

"ohhhhh, the first years are off gettin' busy already, classic!"

miyuki doesn't see which senpai shouts it, but he sees them all laugh. he doesn't get it, they're just talking, with gion leaning over sumiaki, and him leaning all over gion, and sumiaki is very pinned to the wall like this between both of them and--

--oh.

all three of them go scarlet and jump apart, making space between them like they all weren't about to get up in each other's space and saying things to make each other hot and bothered. that's, that's definitely another thing he should've been warned about with these kinds of parties.

he's lost in his own embarrassment when sumiaki's small voice cuts through it:

"would you, um, be okay going back if we're going to do that?"

miyuki freezes, and sees gion do the same - both of them locking eyes because how is it sumiaki, of all people, suggesting it??

it doesn't matter, because gion grins, and oh, miyuki has wanted this for a long time.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[willow]

Ship: Nico/Eli

Fandom: Love Live

Major Tags: none

Other Tags: none

Prompt: “Modesty is the pride of the mediocre.” - Oscar Wilde

PROMPT: Team Prince Of Tennis

[blueminuet]

Ship: Inui Sadaharu/Tezuka Kunimitsu
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: Sexual Content
Other Tags: A/B/O, i'm sorry

Prompt:

Gina: “If you want to beat an alpha, you have to be an alpha.”
Boyle: “Wrongo! If you’re good enough at being a beta, then the alpha takes mercy on you and ends up giving you what you want.”
- Brooklyn 99

FILL: Team Grandstand, T

[geniuskaktus]

Ship: Ukai Keishin/Takeda Ittetsu
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: Drugs (Nicotine)
Other Tags: Language, Smoking, Addiction
Word Count: 793

I really love this prompt, it’s perfect!

[This ended up being more about smoking cessation than an actual smoking cessation intervention. Hope that’s okay!]

***

He finds the pamphlets scattered around Takeda’s desk. They’re not even hidden! Hugs not drugs <3, one reads. Another pamphlet has a picture of a nasty black lung. Why did they need to show that? It looked gross!

Ukai wonders if Takeda is trying to send him some type of message. Why not just tell him straight out?

“Those? Those are for Karasuno’s Drug Free Week,” Takeda explains, and Ukai gives a loud snort in response.

“Oh, you scared me! I thought you were trying to get me to quit.”

“Well…” Takeda looks at the ground sheepishly, “Actually…”  There’s a long pause and Ukai starts to get antsy for a smoke.

“You see, a couple members of the school administration are worried you might be a bad influence on the team.”

“What!? Why?”

“Everyone on the team really looks up to you, which is a good thing! But, especially during this rebellious teenage phase of their lives, they might try to emulate some of your...habits”

It's true, Ukai had been about their age when he started smoking. (Although he’d sure felt a lot older). At the time he didn’t think through the consequences, and admittedly he doesn't have nearly the athletic endurance he did before he started. It would be really stupid for one of the members of the team to take up smoking like he did. Really stupid.

“Anyway, I told the staff you’d be willing to quit for Drug Free Week.”

“You WHAT?” Ukai was following along just fine until Takeda brought up the Q word. Quit? He couldn’t quit. Smoking was, like, his only hobby besides volleyball. And now he can't even play that much anymore since his lungs feel like they’ll collapse if he runs over a mile.

“It’s just for this week! And it’s not even the whole 7 days, just the school week.”  Takeda gives his hand a reassuring squeeze and Ukai melts a little at the touch. “After this week is recycling week, and everyone will have forgotten all about Drug Free Week. Promise.”

One week? Ukai could totally quit smoking for one week. Easy peasy.

**

It’s Monday of Drug Free Week and Ukai already feels like death bit him in the face. Takeda assures him the first day would be the hardest, and as he fumbles around for his absent cigarette pack for the hundredth time that hour, Ukai sincerely hopes he’s right. The gum and motivational speeches Takeda offers only help a little. (Their secret hallway kisses help a little more).

Well, Takeda lied when he said the first day would be the hardest, because Tuesday is definitely worse! A searing migraine pangs behind Ukai’s right eye for the entirety of the day. The kid’s voices feel like tiny people stomping on his face. During practice he loses his temper twice and at least one person cries.

After practice Ukai decides he can’t make it through the rest of the week. He can’t even make it through the rest of the day. Just as he’s about to veer off towards the nearest convenience store Takeda squeezes his shoulder, whispering, “I’m really proud of you”

Okay, perhaps he can go just one more day.

**

Ukai’s hands are up Takeda’s shirt, tongue in his mouth, but his mind is on a completely different plane. 2.5 days. Just 2.5 days until he can have a cigarette.

“You’re thinking about smoking aren’t you?” Takeda pulls away, and Ukai immediately feels guilty for losing concentration during their activity. But Takeda doesn’t seem mad, just concerned about Ukai’s state of being.

Ukai nestles his head close against Takeda’s chest, mumbling, “You really think I can last all week?”

“I do! In fact, if you really put your mind to it, I think you could quit for good.” Ukai almost laughs at that, but when he catches the serious look in Takeda’s eyes, he knows Takeda truly believes what he’s saying. Believes in him. It’s a weird feeling to have someone believe in you so much more than you’ve ever believed in yourself, and Ukai doesn’t quite know what to do with it. So, he just sort of shrugs and shifts the conversation in another direction.

**

Ukai does manage to last all week without smoking. But the minute Drug Free Week is over, he blows through a whole pack. He missed this so bad! As he tears the crinkly plastic off another pack, he's suddenly reminded of Takeda’s words from the other day.

If you put your mind to it, I think you could quit for good.

Although he can’t even begin to imagine quitting now, a warm fuzzy feeling surges through him as he thinks about how damn lucky he is to be with a guy like Takeda.

FILL: Team Grandstand, T

[geniuskaktus]

Ship: Ukai Keishin/Takeda Ittetsu
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Language, Alcohol, Smoking (briefly mentioned)
Word Count: 732

I decided to set this before Ukai became the coach, because I think there’s already a lot of fic (and canon material!) with them drinking together after, so I wanted to write something a little different. :)

***

One last customer walks in as Ukai’s about to close the shop up for the night; Takeda, the Karasuno volleyball club advisor. Ukai’s heart dances a little jig as he watches him walk through the aisles. He almost thought Takeda wasn’t going to show up today-- not that Ukai cared one way or the other--his day just feels incomplete without the teacher badgering him to coach the club.

Despite constantly pestering Ukai, Takeda is actually really polite. He always makes sure to buy an item or two before bombarding Ukai with pleas and offers concerning the club. While Ukai pretends to be annoyed, he’s grateful for the steady contribution to his cigarette fund. And...maybe he even admires Takeda’s passion for the students.

This is the first time he’s seen him buy alcohol. Cheap beer, the kind newly minted 18 year olds buy (and maybe some under, but Ukai didn’t know anything about that). The taste isn’t good, well, to be blunt the taste is shit. But it sends him on a nostalgia trip right to high school, back when he and some of the other guys from the team would head out to the local convenience store (Not the one Ukai's parent's ran, of course) and buy whatever drinks they could with their meager pocket money. At the time they thought they were the shit. Now Ukai just mentally scolds his former self for spending so much money at the towns rival shop.

After Ukai rings him up, Takeda slides one of the beers back across the counter towards Ukai.

“You’re about to get off work right? Let’s drink together!” Takeda’s tone makes it seem as if they’re old buddies, and although they’d seen each other almost every day for the past couple of weeks, it was always under the pretext of Takeda trying to rope Ukai into coaching the volleyball club. They’ve never sat down and had an actual conversation.

Ukai is a bit miffed by the gesture. But, free beer? It would be downright rude to turn that down! Ukai slides out a little stool from behind the counter offering it to the teacher. It’s one he uses to prop his feet up when the shop is too busy to put them on the counter, but he doesn’t tell Takeda that part.

And then, it hits him that Takeda must be trying to bribe him-- with drinks from his own shop no less!

“Just so we’re clear, I’m still not coaching the volleyball team...” Ukai mutters, hastily cracking open the beer before Takeda changes his mind about treating him. Once the drink is opened he can’t take it back. Store policy.

But, Takeda simply opens his own beer not pressing any further about the team. They make small talk (Not about volleyball), and Ukai begins to notice things he hadn’t before, or maybe just things he’d pretended not to. The color of Takeda’s eyes, the way his smile illuminates his entire face… No, illuminates the entire room. It’s so bright and beautiful Ukai could light his fucking cigarette on that smile.

Heat floats to his cheeks when he realizes he’s staring. It’s from the alcohol. It has to be from the alcohol.  

Coaching the volleyball team might be kind of fun, His brain whispers and Takeda just sits there innocently sipping his beer like he hasn’t played a part in any of this.

He can’t deal with this, these feelings or whatever they are. Ukai rummages around for a cigarette and a lighter to calm his jitters. If he isn’t careful he might actually be swayed into coaching that team.

But, as he’s about to light it, a hand claps over his. “You shouldn’t smoke inside,” Takeda says in the most teachery voice Ukai’s heard come out of him.

Ukai’s whole face is red now, his arms, his neck, and his everywhere else probably. This time he’s sure it’s not from the alcohol, but he hopes Takeda just thinks he’s a lightweight.

“S-stop trying to convince me to coach the volleyball team!” Ukai stutters, and both his cigarette pack and lighter clatter to the counter.

“I haven’t brought up volleyball once since I’ve been here. Ah, but you have, twice,” Takeda holds up two fingers with a smirk. He was sort of feisty with a bit of alcohol in him, Ukai would be lying if he said it wasn’t a turn on.  

“So, does this mean you’re thinking it over?” Takeda leans in, sounding so hopeful Ukai has a hard time saying no.

Cigarette pack and lighter in hand, Ukai walks out to the front of the shop wondering how much longer he’ll be able to last.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[willow]

Ship: Nico/Eli
Fandom: Love Live

Major Tags: none

Other Tags: none

Prompt: “What did I know of Love’s austere and lonely offices?” - Robert Hayden

Re: FILL: Team Grandstand, T

[mousapelli]

aww, this is cute! The two of them drinking together is always fun, but I like this part where they don't know each other that well yet, and Takeda's just so cute and irresistible. Thanks for the fill!

Re: FILL: TEAM Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi, G

[hyalinee]

wehs softly thank you <3

Re: FILL: TEAM OIKAWA TOORU/USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI, G

[hyalinee]

IM YE L L ING THANK YOU FOR WRITING ME MATSUOI weeps i love matsuoi sjfhsjkfghdjk

but i love this, the slow reaching out and waiting for oikawa also, checking up on hims and the small things, and a reminder to oikawa just because you have new things doesn't mean you gotta let go of the old i'm just lkfdlajd wails softly

thank you for such a lovely feel im so emotional

Re: FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[fickle]

omg this SO PRETTY and I can't believe you went the Greek mythology route with Hades/Persephone too! The descriptions here are just beautiful, like ' new spring voices' and ' the carnation that grows trembling and white under the winter sun'. And of course flowers grow in her steps, of course.

I love that you made Kiyoko an actual crow, that she belongs to much to Karasuno that she can manifest as a crow as well.

spills its heart red and raw across the path;

That imagery is just GORGEOUS. And the ending line is so good and true. I love this fill, I just want to hug it and pet it and softly squee over how sweet and pure and perfect it is. Thank you so much!

FILL: TEAM Teshima Junta/Aoyagi Hajime, G

[gurosan]

Ship: Arakita Yasutomo/Kinjou Shingo
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: I haven't see this movie so this was a shot in the dark
Word Count: None

/whispers I'm sorry...u deserve better....

***



in here

Re: FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[dynamite]

I'm screaming quietly because I was gonna go back and repost it because I accidentally switched the first/last names for Yachi lmao BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I'm glad you liked it, I love this myth a lot, especially when summer is willful.

Re: FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [G]

[gurosan]

YES THIS IS CANON ;_; lovingly roasting each other thank you
Poor Onoda! he's too earnest for this. Every time I see one a Teshima you drew my eyes go <3__<3 seriously

Re: FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[dynamite]

thank you so much!! I love retelling myths a lot (also I was going to repost this because I accidentally switched yachi's first/last names so please don't mind... don't mind....)

Re: FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, G

[hyalinee]

hello lark i am here to wail at you about akaken

WAILS LOUDLY AND WITH MUCH FEELING

ok but i love how you took the quote here, how bokuto is the one to say it, in his typically bokuto way sighs. (i love bokuto)just i have a lot of warm fuzzy akaken feelings and not much coherent thought rn but, thank you lark for a beautiful fill about people and distances, and learning how to hold it and to give yourself enough space to exist as well. <3

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

[hyalinee]

im crying bless u, bless this fill, bless kagami, aomine pls have more care for your surroundings

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

[greenowl]

This is so beautiful and calm,,...

fill: team grandstand, e

[miaoujones]

Ship: oikawa tooru/ushijima wakatoshi
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: sexual content
Other Tags: none
Word Count: 7670

author notes: i am bad at tags and at ratings. so this might only be an m rating? also, i am not good at ao3 tags, so when you get there... idk. :3

***

something just like this

In the wake of Japan being eliminated from medal contention, Ushijima doesn't know how to feel. He mostly feels like he's not feeling anything. He's back at the courtyard outside the volleyball dorms but he doesn't go inside yet. He looks out at nothing: and then something resolves itself into his vision—Oikawa, sitting on a bench across the courtyard. Possibly, judging from the way he's sitting, not feeling anything either. Or maybe feeling too much.

FILL: TEAM OIKAWA TOORU/USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI, T

[avioletqueen]

Ship: oikawa/kuroo
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: (implied) sexual content
Other Tags: body appreciation
Word Count: 410

***

Tooru doesn’t really notice at first.

The thing is, he and Tetsurou hardly ever work out together. They tried, earlier on in the relationship, but they have different styles, different preferences. Tooru prefers running inside, Tetsurou prefers out. They focus on different muscle groups. And they’re both usually too busy listening to music to really talk anyway.

So it makes sense that he doesn’t notice for a while.

The first hint is the exercise ball Tetsurou buys.

“Why?” Tooru asks as he bounces up and down on it, deftly avoiding Tetsurou as he tries to push him off the ball.

“Why not?” Tetsurou retorts as he succeeds in shoving Tooru onto the floor, and then Tetsurou is hovering over him, and then they both get very distracted before Tooru can remember to continue the conversation.

Things get gradually more noticeable. Tooru walks into Tetsurou squatting while making dinner. He watches his boyfriend lunge around the apartment as they study for a chemistry exam together. And it all clicks the night after their last final when they collapse into bed together.

“Tettsun, do you-- are you--?” Tooru props himself up with one hand on the sheets, looking down at Tetsurou, who looks embarrassed suddenly. His other hand is on Tetsurou’s ass, and the reason for his shock lies in the slight curve of his palm where it rests on Tetsurou’s sweatpants.

Tetsurou sighs, but he doesn’t move away from Tooru’s touch. “I’ve been trying, but I think that’s as good as it’s ever going to get. Nowhere near yours. Nowhere near visible, really.”

Tooru is still preoccupied with… well. It’s not sexual at all now, just pure physical curiosity about how Tetsurou’s body has changed without him noticing. “You’re ridiculous. You know that, right?”

“A little, yeah.” Tetsurou grins up at him, the smile that he thinks looks sexy and Tooru thinks looks stupid (but loves anyway). “What do you think?”

“I think you’re not going to be winning any awards for your ass anytime soon.” He pats Kuroo once, twice, then pushes him down onto the bed, straddling his hips with a grin. “But I definitely like it. I’d like to get better acquainted.”

Tetsurou grins, flips over onto his front, and Tooru does his best to show him exactly how much he appreciates his new asset.

(Tetsurou nearly wakes up the neighbors with his laughter when Tooru delivers that pun, once they’re sweaty and sated.)

Re: fill: team grandstand, t

[miaoujones]

ahh~ i'm honestly so relieved to hear this! that quote is so beautiful and at first i thought to do a space-based au, but the idea of voices in the water felt so natural and i went with it. also, the quote itself is amazingly atmospheric, and it means so much to hear that the fill worked for you on an atmospheric level.

this was a really smooth write for me (all my trepidations came after i had posted), and i'm delighted you enjoyed it. thank you for the beautiful prompt! ♥

FILL: TEAM HIKARU NO GO, T

[princesssid]

Ship: Tsukishima Kei/Hinata Shouyou
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags ommited, multimedia
Word Count: None

a fanmix with some annotations (Wikipedia and public domain content). 8 songs, kinda weird. youtube links to each song provided.

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8TRACKS LINK



1
The Sun - The Naked And Famous
YOUTUBE

Here it comes
The unavoidable sun



A "solar barge"—also known as a "solar bark", "solar barque", "solar boat", or "sun boat"—is a mythological representation of the sun riding in a boat.
WIKIPEDIA


2
Sand Storm - Apashe
YOUTUBE

Look down, you're talking to your highness


PUB DOM


3
Rhinestone Eyes - Gorillaz
YOUTUBE

And nobody knows what to do with the heat
Under sunshine pylons we'll meet


4
1991 - Crystal Castles
YOUTUBE

Instrumental

Solar eclipses occur at new moon, when the Moon is between the Sun and Earth.
WIKIPEDIA


PUB DOM


5
We Are Happy Landfill - Gorillaz
YOUTUBE

We are the happy landfill

🌕🌞🌖🌞🌗🌞🌘🌞🌑🌞🌒🌞🌓🌞🌔🌞


6
Until the Night is Over - Timber Timbre
YOUTUBE

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun

...

But you're haunted by the morning sun
You keep digging till the night is over


PUB DOM


7
The Moon Asked The Crow - Cocorosie
YOUTUBE

The moon asked the crow
For a little show
In the hazy milk of twilight
No one had to know


PUB DOM


8
Alice - Pogo
YOUTUBE

???

In contrast, lunar eclipses occur at full moon, when Earth is between the Sun and Moon.
WIKIPEDIA


PUB DOM

FILL: Team Prince of Tennis, T

[blueminuet]

Ship: Inui Sadaharu/Kaidou Kaoru
Fandom: The Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: Minor Violence
Other Tags: Snake people
Word Count: 655


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Inui slipped through town, ducking through back alleys as best he could to keep hidden away from the main thoroughfares. He was tall, and tended to make for an intimidating presence whether he wanted to be or not, which was not an asset when he needed to go unseen. But in his favor was that most people didn't want to pay any attention to him, and he just hoped that fact could easily let him carry on with his business.

He rounded another corner, eyes over his shoulder to make sure he wasn't being followed, only to be swiftly laid out on his back with a hit to his stomach.

When his vision stopped spinning, Mizuki’s face slowly solidified in his sights, smirking down at him, while a bulky guard stood just behind him.

“Inui, you should know better by now…”

“Listen, I can—” Inui could hardly prop himself up on his forearms before guard hit him in the face, sending him toppling down again.

“Sorry, Inui, but we will need to insist on a bag check,” Mizuki said, not seeming the least bit apologetic. “You understand, of course… after last time…”

Inui didn’t bother trying to fight as the guard removed his bag.

---

Inui tried not to hiss in pain as Kaidou dabbed a disinfectant on his cheek, where the guard’s punch had broken the skin slightly. Hissing was a tricky business in the Naga colony, always a danger of a cross-cultural blunder. Inui felt like he could nearly understand the language by now, but speaking it was a different story.

His face must have looked distant, because when Inui refocused on Kaidou, he was met with a concerned glance. He was still holding the cloth in his hand, no longer dabbing at Inui’s face, and instead just looking at him.

“Thank you, Kaidou,” Inui said, trying to put his fears to rest. “It feels better already.”

Kaiodu hissed doubtfully, capping the disinfectant again, and returning it to Inui’s tattered bag. What was left of it, anyway… the guard had been particularly rough with it, this time.

“I can make you a new one,” Kaidou said, as if following along Inui’s train of thought with him. “If you don’t mind waiting.”

“That’s kind of you,” Inui said. “But I would hate to inconvenience you.”

“It’s no inconvenience.”

“I didn’t even get you the goods I had promised in the first place,” Inui said, voice lowering.

Kaidou looked at him. “The guards didn’t take everything,” Kaidou said. “We’re distributing what you managed to get by.”

Inui smiled at him, placating. “I know it’s not enough Kaidou.”

Kaidou glared at him, eyes turning wild. “It’s not your fault. Those guards… If you’d let me go with you—”

“They’d kill you,” Inui said. “No, that’s not the answer. I’ll just have to find another route. It’s just the way the borders are, and the violence on the outskirts, and…”

“You don’t have to.”

Inui paused, looking over at Kaidou. His eyes had lost that wild quality once again, instead just staring at him. The concern had started to leak back into that look.

“You need the oils.” Inui sighed. “Your scales look more threadbare than normal. You aren’t taking any for yourself, are you?”

“I’ll live,” Kaidou said. “Others need it more than I do.”

Inui shook his head. “You shouldn’t have to suffer…”

To Inui’s surprise, Kaidou cupped his cheek. There was a moment, just staring into his eyes, that Inui could have forgotten he was a monster — not that he typically thought in those terms anyway — and just saw the raw emotion there.

Nagas were not typically known for their kissing technique, but Inui had to admit that Kaidou at least put in a valiant effort.

“Stay,” Kaidou whispered into his lips. “At least long enough for me to sew you a new bag.

Inui found it hard to argue.

FILL: TEAM OIKAWA TOORU/USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI, T

[avioletqueen]

Ship: oikawa/ushijima
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: discussed sexual content, oikawa tooru bein oikawa tooru, what more is there to say
Word Count: 509

honestly thanks for giving me a reason to write from iwaizumi's pov i forgot who he was for a while there

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“Have you considered boning?” Hajime asks on the worst day in his life.

(To be clear, it becomes the worst day after he asks this question.)

In his defense, being a medical student isn’t exactly stress-free. And listening to Tooru harp on again about whatever rude thing Ushijima had done in the past twenty-four hours wasn’t exactly the best way he could think of to spend his free time.

The thing is, Hajime had known Tooru for a long time. He knew that Tooru was far more than what he said out loud, knew that Tooru was aware of things even if he seemed like he wasn’t on the surface.

Unfortunately, in this case, he’d given Tooru a little too much credit. It seems obvious to him, from the way Tooru talks about Ushijima, that he’s into him. Which - well, Ushijima isn’t unattractive, and he’s actually a decent person, and he’s definitely Tooru’s type, so it isn’t that surprising. The mistake Hajime makes is assuming that Tooru has come to the same clear, logical conclusion.

“Considered what?” Tooru’s voice is loud enough to attract the attention of the girls sitting at a table next to them. Iwaizumi stops chewing in horror as a mixture of anger and embarrassment turns Tooru an unattractive shade of red. He gets to his feet in a rigid motion and drags Hajime with him, stalking off outside from the cafeteria. Hajime looks back mournfully at his unfinished lunch.

“How could you even suggest that?” Tooru wails once they’re alone, and Hajime thinks they’re going to have a conversation about this, but Tooru keeps going. And going. And going.

Really, this should’ve been proof enough. The fact that Tooru has to work so hard to back up one of his own claims just proves that his claim is wrong. Hajime knows it, and as the day went on, it starts to dawn on Tooru as well.

Slowly. Very slowly. Because life can’t be too easy for Hajime, now, can it?

They’ve taken a walk, gotten ice cream together, and visited the arcade, and the only topic of conversation has been Tooru’s definite not-crush on Ushijima. Nothing Hajime has ever said or done in his life has backfired as spectacularly as this has, and he’s considering actually begging Tooru’s forgiveness when he realizes the two of them have come to a stop outside a dorm building that isn’t Tooru’s.

“You know what?” Tooru tries (and fails) to say in an unaffected voice. “I just remembered something I have to do. Don’t wait up for me.” And with that, he disappears into the dorm, leaving Hajime outside staring after him.

He comes back to his room while Hajime is eating breakfast. He’s wearing the same clothes from last night, plus a jacket that’s just a couple sizes too big on him, and he’s uncharacteristically silent when he sits down at the table.

Hajime looks him over with sharp eyes, then asks, “did you bang?”

“Yeah.”

“Good.” Hajime nods, then finishes his crossword puzzle.