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Bonus Round 4: Quotes
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!
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)
Format your comment in one of the following ways:
| If PROMPTING: | If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP]
| FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING]
|
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 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).Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!
PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Prompt:
"If you can't be with the one you love, / maybe you aren't good enough."
– a softer world [pretend to love the one you're with.]
FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, T
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Word Count: 424
***
Kuroko knows they don’t love each other, and Taiga’s grateful for it. There’s not much in the way of pretending, effort; he’ll admit it’s nice to wake up with someone in his arms who’s receptive to a kiss on the cheek, who enjoys being pulled closer, who will walk with him to get fast-food, though not without a remark about how bad it is for him. It’s easier, because Tatsuya wouldn’t have said something like that. Taiga doesn’t remember to stop taking the pickles off his burger every time.
Tatsuya loves him, and he loves Tatsuya, but Tatsuya doesn’t love him like that. Every time Taiga tries to move closer, Tatsuya demurs, pulls away. It’s different from the way Tatsuya lets Taiga hug him even when he’s angry, from the way he regrets and looks as if Taiga shouldn’t when he lets Taiga a little further back in. They don’t have to be polite with each other; it would be easier if Tatsuya just said something (Taiga’s shit at hiding things; even Kuroko knows without him saying; like this there’s room for false hope that Taiga can’t entirely squash). But this is new, an offshoot far away from the crumbled foundations of brotherhood, something that might not have the chance to grow among the ruins.
And maybe Taiga’s the one who’s not good enough; he’s not good enough to exist, to play basketball (which to Tatsuya is almost the exact same thing) without hurting Tatsuya, involuntarily burning him when he gets too close. Taiga wants that least of all; he can stomach his own cowardice, the refusal to come out and ask Tatsuya (another reason he’s not worthy, probably) if it means Tatsuya’s free, happy. Yeah, a lot of that has to do with Tatsuya’s own baggage, but shoving it in his face, however unintentionally, before he’s ready to deal with it, isn’t going to be helpful to anyone.
Kuroko watches Taiga watching Tatsuya; he watches Tatsuya later the same night, at the same party, his pretty fingers clutching the neck of a beer bottle. And Kuroko kisses him, fierce and harsh like he’s telling Taiga to just stop, to just give in. Maybe they don’t love each other yet; maybe their friendship isn’t as solid as everyone seems to think it is; maybe it’s a bad idea to put everything on the rebound from a one-sided love. Even if he feels something, he'll never be able to make it work with Kuroko, either; there's too much tied up in this already.
FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: ex boyfriend angst
Word Count: 405
***
It hurts to look at, but that just means that Himuro quite bring himself to look away.
He should be happy, he thinks to himself, watching the way Kagami's hand strokes so gently down Kuroko's back, resting in the small curve of the small of his back for a moment, thumb still stroking through the material of Kuroko's shirt. It's summer, the shirt that Kuroko is wearing is probably made of material thin enough that he can feel the warmth of Kagami's fingers through it, and Himuro still remembers what that felt like, the warmth of it spreading across his skin and blooming inside his chest all at once, from the lightest of touches from Kagami.
The problem with knowing Kagami for so long is that Himuro knows everything that there is to know: Kagami shows his love through gestures, and through physical contact. He doesn't let Kuroko out of arm's reach if he can help it, and it's both a good and bad thing. Himuro remembers that too, the way that it would almost be annoying some times, but so endearing that he'd find it in himself to forgive Kagami for it.
Kuroko is clearly the same. Himuro can't help but wonder if they kiss the same too, if Kagami is eager and overwhelming, and it's all too easy for Kuroko to be swept up in his pace, happy to go along with it, not even realising that he's given his entire heart to Kagami until it's too late to stop, and far too late to try reclaiming it. Himuro knows he shouldn't think about it, because that hurts too. Instead, he can't stop coming back to the thought of it, like he's picking at a wound instead of letting it heal.
Everything that Himuro can see about Kagami's relationship with Kuroko is the same as when they were together, the only key difference being: his relationship with Kuroko is working out. His relationship with Himuro didn't.
There's only one conclusion to draw from that. It's Himuro's fault. He's lacking something fundamental, something that he needs, in order to make things work.
Or, to put it into words that he is already incredibly, bitterly familiar with, he isn't good enough. Not at this, not at basketball, not at anything in his life that involves Kagami, to any capacity.
He'd stop trying, if that would work. Unfortunately for him, he's no good at that, either.