Bonus Round 5: Clue

[referees]

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

Sometimes, all you need are a few little details to imagine something bigger. This round is inspired by a classic board game with a cast of colorful characters, but for SASO your only limits on "who", "where", and "with what" are what you can imagine (and the SASO fandom list, of course)!

This round closes on 5 August @ 7PM EDT. (Countdown Timer.)

Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. (There are changes from last year!)

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with the format of a Clue mystery - "[character] in the [location] with [item]", along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
  • Example: Sawamura Daichi in the teachers' lounge with the Hello Kitty! lunchbox
  • The person in your prompt MAY be a member of your ship, but is not REQUIRED to be part of your ship. They must still be a named character from a SASO-nominated fandom.
  • Your place must be a physical location, not a state of being or a state of being. However, this location is not required to be real, nor must it be from the same setting as the characters.
  • The "item" used must be a physical object that the character can hold or manipulate.
  • Unlike the board game, your prompt is NOT required to imply murder. The scenario implied can be anything at all! (As always, please tag properly!)
  • 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 Clue-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> [Character] in the [location] with the [item].	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.

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).

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Comments

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[lonelywhale]

Ship: Aomine Daiki/Kagami Taiga
Fandom: kuroko no basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: aomine pranking kagami

Prompt:
Aomine in the park with the stuffed dog plushie.

PROMPT: Team Aoyagi Hajime/Teshima Junta

[gurosan]

Ship: Manami Sangaku/Teshima Junta
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Supernatural elements, take this where ever you want

Prompt:
Teshima in an abandoned hotel with a stick of incense.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[starianprincess]

Ship: Mizuki Hisahito/Tsukamoto Tsukushi
Fandom: DAYS
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: these adorkable soccer-loving idiots

Prompt:
Tsukamoto in the hotel lobby with a soccer ball

FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[fickle]

Ship: Mizuki/Tsukamoto
Fandom: DAYS
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 454 words

Future fic wherein Mizuki’s gone pro and Tsukushi’s in his last year at Seiseki.

***

The organization had put them up at a very nice hotel. Mizuki and the rest of the team had been a little awed by the decor and lavish furnishings but ultimately they were all too keyed up about the game to be overly-impressed.

Their team was doing well enough to have made it to the semi-finals. All the gruelling practice, all the night time sessions, all the aching muscles and sore bodies were now paying off.

They’d worked hard to get here and now all they needed was to get a good night’s sleep so they’d be fresh for the game tomorrow.

And yet Mizuki couldn’t sleep. It was practically an order from their coach but no matter how hard he tried, nothing happened except he got even more keyed up!

Giving up on sleep, he grabbed his mobile phone and brought it to his face so he could squint at the lit-up screen. There was only one surefire cure for insomnia that he knew! And only one person who’d administer it at… 2AM. Oh no.

“Bring a soccer ball and meet me at in the lobby,” he whispered as soon as Tsukushi picked up, feeling rather like a stealthy spy in a Bond movie. He hung up before Tsukushi could reply, already planning how to get down to the lobby without the coach finding out.

Hm. No. That wouldn’t do. The receptionist would definitely notice if he snuck out for a game of soccer!

Looking around the luxuriously spacious room, Mizuki got a better idea. He hopped out of bed, called reception to tell them to send his guest (who would be recognized by his soccer ball) up to his room when he arrived but please be discreet and then spent the next twenty minutes arranging the room. At last, he had a large enough space in the center for them to play!

A tentative knock sounded on the door so Mizuki hurried over and opened it, beaming at the sight of Tsukushi with the soccer ball.

“Senpai, what’s this about?” He asked. “Shouldn’t you be asleep? Your team’s in the quarter finals!”

“I can’t sleep,” Mizuki explained, “And soccer always calms me down. It’s like whoosh whoosh away go the worries.”

Tsukushi nodded in understanding. “So where are we going to play?”

“Right here,” Mizuki said. “There’s enough space and the coach won’t catch us if we keep the noise down.”

“Okay!” Tsukushi said. He was such a nice obliging boy; Mizuki felt a surge of fondness for him and patted him on the cheek affectionately.

*

When his coach approached him to have a ‘talk’ about inviting high school boys into his bedroom, Mizuki had to confess to everything.

PROMPT: Team Aoyagi Hajime/Teshima Junta

[gurosan]

Ship: Tadokoro Jin /& Aoyagi Hajime
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Trans Aoyagi headcanons...pls..

Prompt:
Aoyagi in the club room with the hair ribbon.

FILL: Team Grandstand, G

[stariceling]

Ship: Tadokoro Jin & Aoyagi Hajime
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: trans girl Aoyagi, fluff
Word Count: 800


***

Aoyagi had been growing her hair out. It still fell over one eye, but by the time it touched her shoulders the look was sleek rather than scruffy. (Even Naruko had teasingly called her a femme fatale.) Tadokoro had noticed her playing with her bangs and running her fingers through it as if measuring it before she tugged part into a short ponytail.

When Tadokoro returned to the clubroom for his phone and found her struggling to tie her hair up neatly with a ribbon, he was not surprised. Everyone had cleared out after practice, but she had stayed behind by few minutes to change into something other than her uniform.

“Can I help?”

Aoyagi looked more startled than he expected, but looked into his eyes and nodded trustingly.

Tadokoro joined her in front of the one mirror, a tarnished relic of someone long-graduated. He ran his fingers through her hair, which fell smooth and straight. It was just long enough to pull into ponytail, one that would stick straight out, which did not seem to be what Aoyagi wanted. The easiest solution would have been to pull just her longer bangs back.

That might have been the easy solution, but Tadokoro had a secret technique waiting for just such a moment.

He might have smoothed her bangs back a few more times than necessary, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t absolutely confident in his skills. He separated her bangs into three sections to plait into a braid, then kept adding more hair little by little as he went back. Tadokoro bent intense concentration to the task, refusing to let the silky hair escape him. Only once he had a braid along one side of Aoyagi’s head and had handed it off to Aoyagi did he feel ready to make conversation.

“Are you going somewhere special?”

Usually Tadokoro saw her in more androgynous casual clothes, so this felt flashy. She was wearing a white blouse that had multicolored ribbon woven through the collar and sleeves and an odd asymmetrical skirt. It was pink with a curtain of orange ruffles on one side and was inherently ridiculous, but it managed to look cute on her.

“Mm.” Aoyagi stopped herself just short of shaking her head. “No.”

“Is it a date?” Tadokoro asked, meaning he was ready to put the fear of him in someone if Aoyagi needed him to.

“No,” Aoyagi stressed. “I just wanted to.”

“You just wanted to look pretty?”

Aoyagi’s gaze dipped. Tadokoro could see it in the mirror. It stood in for a nod, but her lowered brows and the weight of her gaze as her eyes didn’t raise again said things neither of them would have had words for.

“You’re always pretty,” Tadokoro said firmly.

Tadokoro finally got to the point where he could weave the two braids together and tie them with the ribbon. He felt very proud of himself, even if he managed to tie a bow with one loop pointing up and one pointing down on the first try.

“There! What do you think of Tadokoro’s special-oof!”

Aoyagi hadn’t waited for him to finish speaking before flinging herself at him. She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him to hard it made her meaning clear long before she whispered, “Thank you.”

Tadokoro hugged her tightly before setting her back on her feet and clapping her on the back. “You look very pretty. It’s good to stand out sometimes. As a top-class sprinter I bet you just can’t help yourself!”

Aoyagi nodded. With her hair braided back out of her eyes the mysterious femme fatale was traded for something more direct. Her intense, dark eyes sparkled with excitement.

Ribbons and ruffles looked nice on Aoyagi, but it was her eyes that made Tadokoro want to scoop her up and never let go.

Aoyagi scooted out of the clubroom ahead of him. He heard her almost collide with Makishima at the door. There was a pause before he said, “You look nice,” awkward but sincere, and then directed at Tadokoro, “I wondered what was taking you so long.”

When Aoyagi rode off, Tadokoro couldn’t stop himself from bellowing down the hill after her, “You call me if anyone bothers you!” He saw Aoyagi nod and felt marginally better.

“Papa bear.”

Tadokoro ignored the comment. “I’m impressed she can ride wearing that. Did you make that skirt?”

“Of course not.” Makishima rolled one shoulder as if to shrug off Tadokoro’s question. When that didn’t work he scoffed and admitted, “I may have altered it a little.”

“Well. Thanks.” Tadokoro casually reached over and pushed a few wayward strands of hair behind Makishima’s ear. They both knew how to fill in that gap.

Thanks for teaching me to braid hair for my favorite girl.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[starianprincess]

Ship: Kimishita Atsushi (or Kazama Jin)/Tsukamoto Tsukushi
Fandom: DAYS
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: details you notice after a rewatch

Prompt:
Tsukamoto in the washroom (or on the field) with his inverted jersey

PROMPT: Team Aoyagi Hajime/Teshima Junta

[gurosan]

Ship: Hanayo Koizumi/Rin Hoshizora
Fandom: Love Live
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: lisa frank is gay culture

Prompt:
Rin and Hanayo in the bedroom with a roll of stickers.

PROMPT: Team Aoyagi Hajime/Teshima Junta

[gurosan]

Ship: Ashikiba Takuto /& Teshima Junta
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: sad reacts only

Prompt:
Teshima at Ashikiba's going away party with a box of tissues.

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[babster]

Ship: Gion Kenji/Oharano Etsugo
Fandom: All Out
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Oharano in his bedroom with his phone.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[hibari1_chan]

Ship: Akashi Seijûrô/Midorima Shintarô, Teshima Junta/Aoyagi Hajime, Kindaichi Yûtarô/Kunimi Akira, Yuri Plisetsky/Minami Kenjirô
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke or Yowamushi Pedal or Haikyû!! or Yuri!!! on Ice
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Harry Potter AU (keeping it generic so you can get creative)

Prompt:

[Any of those characters] at Hogwarts with their uniform.

FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[fickle]

Ship: Akashi/Midorima
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 430 words

***

He’d expected to sort into Ravenclaw and yet here he was, seven years later, having a green and silver Slytherin Prefect badge pinned to his chest. He stole a sideways glance down the line where Akashi had a matching badge glinting on his robes.

In the future, they’d have to compete for the position of Head Boy.

For now, they could continue to be friends.

*

“You looked surprised when he pinned the badge on,” Akashi remarked as they walked side-by-side through the hallway. Their robes rustled quietly, dragging against the ground, and Midorima could hear Akashi’s slow, even breaths if he strained hard enough.

“It reminded me of how sure I had been that I would sort into Ravenclaw,” Midorima said slowly, reaching up to caress the embroidered patch that would sing an accusation if worn by anyone who wasn’t a Prefect. “I sat on that stool and told the hat, ‘I’m a Ravenclaw’ and it said that no, I had too much ambition to be a Ravenclaw.”

He smiled briefly, a wry little twitch of his lips. “And that I had too much faith.”

Even now, he still carried lucky charms with him.

“And you accepted that judgment?” Akashi asked when it was clear Midorima was in a reverie.

“Hm? Oh. No, not at first. I said Ravenclaws could be ambitious, that they all wanted to know everything. And it told me that if I wanted to only know things, then Ravenclaw would do fine. But that if I wanted to use that knowledge…” Midorima trailed off. Besides him, he heard Akashi nod in the soft whispers of his hair against the collar of his robes.

“Slytherin,” Akashi said succinctly. “Knowing something is no less important than knowing how to use that knowledge.”

“Yes,” Midorima agreed, glancing at Akashi out of the corner of his eye too. “Did the Hat argue with you when you asked for Slytherin?”

“I didn’t,” Akashi said. “I asked for Ravenclaw.”

Midorima’s steps slowed from shock, “But your entire family has always been in Slytherin.”

“I know,” Akashi said, tone oddly distant for all he was right besides Midorima, “But I was a child. I thought that I could be something different.”

“...So what did the Hat say to change your mind?” Midorima asked even as he struggled against the uncomfortable feeling that he was poking a raw wound that had yet to heal.

Akashi’s mouth set in a wand-straight line. “It said that no matter what House I was in, I couldn’t run from myself.”

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Alexandra Garcia/Araki Masako
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: alcohol
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Masako in front of Alex' door with a bottle of alcohol.

FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, T

[hatchbacks]

Ship: Alex/Masako
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Word Count: 417

***

The paper bag covers all but the top of the bottle of sake in Masako’s hand, right above the neck where she’s gripping it. She’s actually been pleasantly surprised about the selection of sake at Alex’s local liquor stores, a little bit pricey (if she’s got the conversion rate right) and none of the really good stuff, but in terms of a solid bottle they can split in front of the TV tonight, there’s plenty to choose from.

Still, she’d forgotten her keys once again, and Alex isn’t answering the doorbell. Masako rings it again, and finally the sound of Alex’s feet against the wood floor.

“Shit, did you forget your keys?”

Masako nods. “I rang the doorbell a few times.”

“Sorry,” says Alex. “I was asleep.”

She looks it, still wearing most of her clothes but the straps on her tank top falling off and her boobs threatening to fall out, her hair mussed up even in its ponytail and her glasses off. She squints, bleary-eyed, at Masako; Masako kisses her and presses the bottle into her hands.

“Here. I got us some sake.”

“You’re a peach,” says Alex, kissing her again before making her way off to the kitchen. “Can you find my glasses? I think they’re on the coffee table.”

They are, on top of the pile of newspapers that Alex hasn’t finished reading, half-done crossword puzzles left when Alex gets bored or when Masako gets back from her morning run. When she gets back to the kitchen, Alex is rummaging in the cupboards, probably for the wine glasses. Masako hands over her glasses, and Alex puts them on, squinting for a second as if into bright sunlight before looking back at the cubpoard. She slams that one closed and opens the next, pulling out a matching set of two. They’re perfectly round, a little bit dusty like the things sitting unbought in a store for months; Alex rinses them in the sink and then pours the sake out for both of them.

It’s not how Masako would choose to drink it but it tastes the way she expects, a little bit dry down her throat, the pleasant sweetness of the alcohol almost numb if she waits too long to swallow, the sound of the glasses set down against a bare spot on the coffee table, the subdued clatter like distant change being set into a tip jar, Alex spread out and relaxed against Masako’s side, her breath warm on Masako’s neck.

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[geniuskaktus]

Ship: Kikumaru Eiji/Oishi Shuichirou
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: You like it soft or hard boiled?

Prompt:
Eiji in bed with an egg

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[geniuskaktus]

Ship: Kikumaru Eiji/Oishi Shuichirou
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
Eiji at the ice cream parlor with an empty wallet

PROMPT: TEAM Kominato Ryousuke/Kuramochi Youichi

[hyalinee]

Ship: Oikawa Tooru/Yahaba Shigeru OR Matsukawa Issei/Oikawa Tooru
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: the vending machine vends ordinary things you forgot about maybe c:, but ewa havent you gotten enough matsuoi yet, no the answer is no, you can never have enough matsuoi, but pls water my oihaba crops too

Prompt:
Oikawa in front of the vending machine with a paper wish made five years ago.

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Azumane Asahi/Tsukishima Kei
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Drugs
Other Tags: does chloroform count as a drug, Kidnapping implied, I would like one order of uuuuh creepy kei please, credit to marks for rewording this

Prompt:
Tsukishima in Asahi's place with the rag soaked in chloroform

Re: PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[marks]

lol look at you trying to foist partial blame for this onto me

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Azumane Asahi/&Sugawara Koushi/&Nishinoya Yuu
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Anime/Manga Spoilers
Other Tags: me shouting in the distance: it was an asasuganoya arc not just an asanoya aaarrrcccccc,

Prompt:
Suga in the equipment room with the broken broom

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Sawamura Daichi/&Sugawara Koushi/&Tanaka Ryuunosuke
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: gimme domestic fluff or platonic fluff, your choice

Prompt:
Tanaka in the kitchen with the frying pan

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Sawamura Daichi/Azumane Asahi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: go sexy or stupid, i do not mind either, if u somehow make this dark i will be awed, (if u go sexy i prefer bottom/sub asahi sorry )

Prompt:
Asahi in the hotel room with the frilly maid costume

FILL: TEAM BOKUTO KOUTAROU/KUROO TETSUROU, T

[ryekamasaki]

Ship: Sawamura Daichi/Azumane Asahi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Minor depiction of violence
Word Count: 528

Pretty sure this isn't what you had in mind but I hope you like it anyway! :D

***

Asahi closes the door behind himself, careful not to let it make any noise. He almost catches the hem of his skirt in it, but a twitch of his hips has it out of the way easily. The fabric rustles with a barely audible noise as Asahi turns, and even in heels his footsteps are quiet and precise. He walks over to the window, opening the curtain just enough to let some of the ambient light into the room.

He uses that to search the things scattered haphazardly across the surface of the desk, and when he doesn't find what he's looking for there, he goes through the drawers, moving to the nightstand when the desk doesn’t reveal anything useful. The only thing in that one is a handful of empty candy wrappers, and Asahi frowns as he slides the drawer closed.

He moves to the foot of the bed, checking between the mattresses as he goes, though he knows it’s a useless gesture. He’s in the middle of the room when the lock clicks as it accepts the keycard, and Asahi shifts to put his back more toward the wall as he waits for the room’s occupant to enter. Daichi steps inside quietly, lighting the room with a practiced flick of the switch. He doesn’t look at all surprised to see someone in his room, not even someone dressed in a maid’s outfit at near ten at night.

Daichi grins and tucks his hands into the pockets of his pants. “Looking for something, sweetheart?”

And Asahi recognizes that tone of voice. Daichi knows exactly why he’s there and what he’s looking for. He should also know that he’s playing a very dangerous game, but honestly if he hasn’t figured it out already, then Asahi’s not going to waste his breath telling him. Instead he strides swiftly across the room, hiking his skirt up just enough to pull out the dagger that he’d had in the top of his thigh high.

He has Daichi pinned to the wall, blade at his throat, even before the grin has faded from his face. He stares at Asahi, amusement gone now, waiting for him to do something. Silently challenging him, and Asahi’s never been one to turn down a challenge. He holds the blade steady and rifles through Daichi’s pockets until he finds the data stick he’d been sent for, and then grins at the frown on Daichi’s face.

“Not anymore, princess.” He presses the blade closer, lets the sharp edge cut into the skin just a little, and then he pulls away while Daichi gasps and presses his hand against his throat. “Watch your mouth next time, yeah?”

He shoves Daichi into the bathroom and pulls the door shut, then uses the dagger to remove the outer doorknob, making it impossible for Daichi to get out without help. He slips the dagger back under his skirt and leaves, hanging the ‘do not disturb’ sign on the door as he goes. Thanks to his outfit, no one questions him as he makes his way through the employee exit, and it’s not long after that he reports his mission as a success.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[chameleonskin]

Ship: Midousuji Akira &/ Manami Sangaku, Midousuji Akira &/ Ishigaki Koutarou, Midousuji Akira &/ Kishigami Komari, Midousuji Akira &/ Naruko Shoukichi, Midousuji Akira &/ Onoda Sakamichi, Midousuji Akira &/ Mizuta Nobuyuki
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: Graphic depictions of violence/gore (mutilation), Self-harm
Other Tags: That one graphic mention of Midousuji carving out anything unecessary

Prompt:
Midousuji in an IH tent with a knife.

FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[fickle]

Ship: Midousuji/Onoda
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 428 words

Uh. Magical realism, I guess, or some world where you can live without a heart and where hearts actually HAVE feelings instead of emotion being chemically based. Warnings for gore and blood!

***

Onoda’s disappointed he didn’t win the second day stage, but he knows that Midousuji will be even more disappointed. The morale boost that would have come along with the jersey would have been useful for Kyoto who aren’t driven to maintain their status and prove their victory wasn’t a fluke or regain their old glory. What drives Kyoto Fushimi team is the will of their leader; it flogs them onwards, forcing them to keep up with Midousuji’s mad drive.

But Midousuji didn’t win. Neither did Onoda.

Everyone knows the importance of getting a good night’s sleep and being well-rested for the day ahead but surely it won’t matter too much if Onoda takes ten minutes to go check on Midousuji? His tent is so close to Midousuji’s and his tentmate, Naruko, is such a sound sleeper that he won’t even notice Onoda’s gone.

Quiet as a forest ninja, Onoda lets himself into Midousuji’s tent.

Midousuji’s got a knife to his chest, buried in the flesh but he’s not dead. He’s pushing it further in, carving into himself, with his head bowed and his focus completely on his self-surgery.

“What are you doing?!” Onoda asks, hurrying forwards. The plastic trashbag that Midousuji is sitting on has caught the worst of the blood and there’s enough there for Onoda to be faintly nauseous. “Akira--”

“I’m cutting out everything I don’t need,” Midousuji says, looking up for a second at Onoda as his hand stills. His pupils are blown wide with pain, a pure inky black that’s eaten up Midousuji’s irises, and his smile is strained (is strange, is deranged). “My heart hurts and pain is a distraction, Sakamichi. I’m taking it out.”

“But - you need your heart to pump blood through you! To keep oxygen flowing to your blood, to your muscles!” Onoda says, kneeling besides Midousuji. Gently, carefully, he wraps his small hand over Midousuji’s and tries to coax the knife out of the wound. “And besides, your mother--”

“My memories of her are in my mind. I don’t need my heart for her,” Midousuji says ruthlessly.

“Your memories of her won’t have any meaning without your heart,” Onoda counters, his eyes wide and indignant. “You need to keep it. You need to --”

He falters and his voice grows softer, more shy, “-- to love me back.”

His cheeks are pink, so hot that he feels like he’s running a fever, but he won’t let Midousuji do this to himself. He won’t!

He’d give Midousuji his own heart rather than let Midousuji become the heartless monster everyone says he is!

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[chameleonskin]

Ship: Komari Kishigami &/ Midousuji Akira, Komari Kishigami &/ Izumida Touichirou, Komari Kishigami &/ Yamaguchi Noriyuki, Kuroko Tetsuya &/ Kagami Taiga
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal, Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Protein Shake, ( I'm thinking of terrible things prompting this but any kind of milkshake is fine )

Prompt:
Komari/Kagami in their kitchen with a blender.

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[hibari1_chan]

*cries* because OTP reasons

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Sawamura Daichi/&Azuzmane Asahi/&Sugawara Koushi OR Sawamura Daichi/&Ikejiri Hayato
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: idk what this prompt means but do whatever u want

Prompt:
Daichi in the gym with the basketball jersey

FILL: Team Kuroo Tetsurou/Sawamura Daichi, G

[kythen]

Ship: Sawamura Daichi & Azumane Asahi & Sugawara Koushi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major tags: None
Other tags: None
Word count: 696

***

"Daichi, I'm pretty sure this is against the school rules," Suga points out but doesn't make a move to stop Daichi, watching him with a barely concealed grin.

"Oh, I'm sure it is," Daichi says grimly, squatting by the pile of bags in a corner of the gym. "Asahi, you better be watching that door."

Asahi wrings his hands, alternating between frantic glances at Daichi and the gym entrance. "Daichi, is this necessary?"

"Yes." Daichi locates the bag he needs and unzips it carefully, rooting through its contents before he comes up with what he needs: a basketball jersey.

But it isn't just any basketball jersey. It is the basketball jersey of that insufferable basketball captain who just won't stop getting in Daichi's way during the lunchtime rush. Usually by the time they are done trading insults and elbows, the best picks are gone and Daichi has to settle with a flavour of bread he will eat but isn't particularly fond of. It just isn't the same.

So desperate times call for desperate measures. If the basketball captain won't back off, Daichi is going to make him back off whether he likes it or not. After all, it is his precious jersey at stake here now.

"I'm just gonna say this but you do know that this is only going to spark off a petty war between you and Basketball-kun, don't you?" Suga remarks. "One that goes beyond the lunchtime rush."

"That's a sacrifice I'm willing to make," Daichi says firmly. "Besides, we're third years and we'll be graduating soon. It'll be fine."

"There's still some time to go before graduation, Daichi," Asahi puts in. "I mean, what if things get really bad between the both of you?"

"Neither of you are really stellar examples of the mature and responsible captains people think you are, he means," Suga quips. "Outside of your respective clubs."

"What are you even going to do with his jersey?" Asahi asks, looking like he rather not know.

"Burn it," Daichi answers.

"What?" Asahi's voice cracks.

"Kidding," Daichi says with a grin, folding the jersey neatly against a forearm. "I'm just going to keep it for insurance against him later during lunch. I'll give it back to him after that."

"Give what back to who?" a voice comes from behind the three of them.

Daichi looks at Asahi, who was supposed to be guarding their backs and not getting distracted by questioning Daichi's motives. Asahi looks back at Daichi, entirely frozen in place like a deer in the headlights.

Suga slaps both of their backs and yells, far too cheerfully for someone caught borrowing—not stealing—a jersey that doesn't belong to the volleyball club, "Scatter!"

Asahi yelps but his legs are moving, following Suga past the group of confused basketball players, driven by fear more than anything. Suga is already out of the gym and Daichi can just imagine the glee on his face, that natural-born troublemaker.

Daichi stands. He turns and it is almost like they are in an action movie and it is a critical scene where everything is happening in slow motion for dramatic effect. His blood is singing in his veins, his heartbeat going wild in his chest as he locks eyes with his greatest lunchtime nemesis. The other captain sees the bundle of cloth in his arms, the player number folded over Daichi's arm, and Daichi waits for the spark of recognition to fill his eyes before he makes his move.

Daichi feints right and darts to the left, dashing past the group of still-confused basketball players as the jersey in his arms slips and unfolds like a beautiful banner of victory in his wake. When he reaches the entrance of the gym, he can still see Asahi on a frantic run to the school building and Suga in the distance making a beeline for the fields.

"Sawamura!" an enraged voice bellows from behind him.

Daichi grins, laughter gathering in his chest, to be set free after he finds a safe place and locates his partners in crime. But for now, he keeps a firm grip on the borrowed—not stolen—basketball jersey as he makes a break for it.

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Ennoshita Chikara/&Tanaka Ryuunosuke OR Ennoshita Chikara/& Futakuchi Kenji
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: is enno the dragon hunter or the dragon or someone searching for the dragon hunter, or someone who draws posters, or hands out posters, idk ur choice

Prompt:
Ennoshita in the field with the poster for a dragon hunter

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[chameleonskin]

Ship: Haruka Nanase &/ Rin Matsuoka
Fandom: Free!
Major Tags: Death (Character death)
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
Haruka under a cherry blossom with Rin's ashes.

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[kazuyas]

wheezes

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[chameleonskin]

Ship: Midousuji Akira &/ Onoda Sakamichi, Midousuji Akira &/ Manami Sangaku, Midousuji Akira &/ Ishigaki Koutarou, Midousuji Akira &/ Kishigami Komari, Midousuji Akira &/ Naruko Shoukichi, Midousuji Akira &/ Mizuta Nobuyuki, Midousuji Akira &/ Imaizumi Shunsuke, (Midousuji &/ anyone tbh)
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Medical issues (Dentists and dental work)

Prompt:
Midousuji at the dentist with a broken tooth.

FILL: Team The Prince of Tennis, T

[fickle]

Ship: Midousuji/Onoda
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Word Count: 400 words

Damage tooth, discussion of teeth whitening!

***

Onoda looked around the dentist's waiting room curiously, keeping his hand tucked into Midousuji's for comfort. Midousuji had been so distraught about the broken tooth that Onoda had been the one to make the appointment for him because Midousuji wouldn't stop worrying long enough to talk.

"How often do you come here for whitening treatments?" He asked, studying a poster on the wall that promised 'teeth as white as Hollywood stars'.

Midousuji kept his hand raised over his mouth when he responded, speaking in a low mumble, "Four times a year."

"Do you think the whitening treatments could be weakening your teeth?" Onoda asked with a worried scrunch of his nose. "They scrape away the stained top layers, right? Maybe they scraped so far that the foundation of your teeth was weakened."

A woman who'd been sitting nearby enough to hear that theory suddenly got up and left. Onoda didn't notice.

Midousuji frowned, his eyes crinkling up as his eyebrows drew together and then he shrugged. Even since his tooth broke, he'd been doing as little talking as possible in order not to stress his other teeth.

"We should ask the dentist about that," Onoda decided. "If he says it's not a good idea to whiten them so often or that you should stop whitening them, we'll do other things! I heard that people used to rub their teeth with charcoal in the old days. If we get a few sticks from art stores, it'll be just like using a toothbrush - only black."

Midousuji made a groaning sound, his eyebrows now rising skeptically at Onoda. Onoda prompted pulled out his phone with his free hand and typed in 'brush teeth charcoal'. The best way to make Midousuji stop with that face was to show him proof! While Midousuji might doubt Onoda’s information, he had enough respect for doctors that if there were actual medical articles or historical articles about the topic, he’d believe Onoda then.

"See?" He said brightly, showing Midousuji the lists of articles. "You can whiten your teeth with charcoal. And the dentist will fix your tooth so you'll still have a wonderful smile too."

Midousuji's grasp on Onoda's hand relaxed slightly so Onoda leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

"I would love you even if you had no teeth at all," he said sincerely.

Oops. Wrong move. Now Midousuji was holding on tighter than ever!

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Yaku Morisuke/Nishinoya Yuu OR Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: fantasy au or medieval au?, does samurai armour count as medieval armour because i feel like it should

Prompt:
Nishinoya in the cave with the medieval armour

Re: PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[fickle]

Can it be haunted medieval armor?

PROMPT: Team Azumane Asahi/Nishinoya Yuu

[flippinflakes]

Ship: Kinoshita & any of the second years and combinations thereof
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
Kinoshita in the broom closet with the glowing orb