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.

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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.

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Comments

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/OIKAWA TOORU

[sotongsotong]

Ship: Kuramochi Youichi/Miyuki Kazuya
Fandom: Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
Miyuki in the music room with a trumpet he doesn't quite know how to play.

FILL: TEAM miyuki kazuya/sawamura eijun, G

[hilaryfun]

Ship: Kuramochi Youichi/Miyuki Kazuya
Fandom: Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: None

Click thumbnail for full size image

***

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[jessibot]

Ship: oikawa tooru/ushijima wakatoshi
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: if it's fhq that would be super great

Prompt:
ushijima in the witch's den with the lock of oikawa's hair

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/OIKAWA TOORU

[sotongsotong]

Ship: Kise Ryouta/Kuroko Tetsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
Kuroko in the back of a car with an earring in his pocket.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[jessibot]

Ship: bokuto koutarou & ushijima wakatoshi
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
ushi in the dorm hall with the explosively coloured, hand-decorated party invitation

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/OIKAWA TOORU

[sotongsotong]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou OR Himuro Tatsuya/Murasakibara Atsushi
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: idk why but a sort of Cinderella AU sounds nice

Prompt:
Himuro at the end of the castle's staircase with a pumpkin carriage and a broken glass slipper he feels like smashing further.

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/Murasakibara Atsushi
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: sort of cinderella au
Word Count: 422

***

The night is still young, but Tatsuya's out of time, sprinting down staircases in glass slippers that are more fragile than his ego.

He's a fool, he thinks. A fool to think he could ever belong here. A fool to forget that the only reason he was allowed here at all was thanks to the deceit of magic. He trips as he runs, stumbling down the last few steps and landing hard on the ground just in front of his coach.

The enchanted coachmen help him up and into the coach so that they can leave, Tatsuya's glamour falling apart as they race away from the castle. He allows himself one last look backwards, where he can see Atsushi standing there at the bottom of the stairs. He gave chase, Tatsuya realises, his heart pounding. He didn't want Tatsuya to leave.

There's a glint of something in Atsushi's hand and Tatsuya realises that he's lost one of his glass slippers. He gingerly takes off the other, wincing as it cracks in his hand, falling to pieces. He doesn't even have this as a memento of the night he shared with Atsushi, their arms around each other, their sense of humour perfectly matched, their mutual attraction hanging in the air. Perhaps the shoe Atsushi has will remain. It doesn't matter, when there's no longer a match to it, anywhere in the world.

By the time he gets home, he wants to smash the glass slipper in his hand until it's nothing more than dust and his hands are bleeding from its sharp edges. He's a fool, forever wanting more than he can have. Atsushi is so far out of his reach that there's no point in even pining for him. Tatsuya had only gone for the experience of attending a party, after all. He was never meant to speak to Atsushi in the first place. He's better off dismissing the entire night as a dream.

Except the next day, he hears that the prince is searching for a mystery guest from last night. It sends a ripple of curiosity through the kingdom; it's unheard of for the prince to care about anything enough to take action like this. It's also unheard of for the prince to be interested in a person enough to have spent the entire night with them as he had last night. The entire kingdom is curious.

Tatsuya looks at the broken slipper he's hidden away in a box, and wonders if it's worth piecing it back together after all.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[jessibot]

Ship: kuroo/yaku
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
yaku 500 metres in the air with the malfunctioning broomstick

FILL: Team Grandstand, G

[rielity]

Ship: Kuroo Tetsurou &/ Yaku Morisuke
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: NONE
Other Tags: Pre-slash?, Harry Potter AU or something
Word Count: 732

I haven't read HP in a long time and my knowledge of broomsticks is minimal at best, but have this anyway!

***

They’re making an overnight flight up north towards Sendai for a friendly game, the three of them seventh-years bringing up the rear as their coaches lead the way, when it happens.

Like all big things, it doesn’t start out as much. The first sign of anything going wrong is the sudden jerk of Morisuke’s broomstick, easily one that could have been mistaken for a mild lapse in attention – after all, he’s in the middle of a heated debate with Kuroo over the feasibility of combining spells with Muggle furniture and technology. The jolt does startle him, though, and he grips his broom with both hands instinctively, holding it firm. The action isn’t missed by Kuroo, who breaks out of his train of thought for a moment to ask if he’s okay before lapsing back into his argument.

It’s fine. Morisuke’s broom is old - it was passed down to him from his older brother, and the back of its handle is fraying a little - but it’s still working; it’s seen him through six full years of Quidditch and he’s come out of it none the worse for wear, with two Quidditch Cups under his belt and hopefully another one in the upcoming season. Sure, sometimes it gets temperamental, but it’s always on its best behaviour during matches. Anyway, he’s already saved up enough to get a new broom, but he’s been putting off actually making the purchase for after the season ends.

At least, that’s what Morisuke thinks, until the broom suddenly shakes again, more violently this time, and he realises that maybe he should have just gotten the new broom, sentimentality be damned.

“Woah, hey, Yakkun -” Kuroo says, and Morisuke’s about to say I’m fine when his broom twists, and almost makes a full 360-degree rotation. The startled yelp that Morisuke lets out is entirely against his own volition. He leans down closer to his broom, hoping to reduce the vertigo and the lurching of his stomach, only faintly aware of Kuroo and Kai discussing something over his head, before his broomstick rushes downwards towards the ground, then comes to a sudden halt. Below him the streetlights glow, bright and nonchalant, uncaring of the fact that five hundred metres above them a seventh-year Seeker is at risk of falling to death because of his malfunctioning broomstick.

I’m too young to die like this, Morisuke thinks - and then he doesn’t get to think any more, because there’s a broom pulling level with his own, and he turns around to see Kuroo right next to him. Immediately he recognises the look on Kuroo’s face - it’s the one he wears when he’s on the Quidditch pitch, getting ready for a game; his jaw is set and his eyes are trained directly on Morisuke. Morisuke has never been the target of that gaze off the pitch, and the sheer intensity in Kuroo’s eyes makes his breath catch.

“Where’s Kai?” he asks in an effort to shake himself out of his stupor. Kai’s nowhere to be seen, and now that he’s looking around, his broom having stabilised somewhat, neither is the rest of the team.

“I told him to let the coaches know,” Kuroo says. “We’ll catch up with them later.”

“Yes?” Morisuke asks, baffled, before noticing that his broom is, in fact, still headed downwards. So is he. And so is Kuroo, who has one hand wrapped around the handle of Morisuke’s broom and the other around his own. Is this what his too-long limbs are for? Morisuke never knew that he’d ever be grateful for them. Not like this, at least.

“We’re going to land and you’re going to ride pillion on mine,” Kuroo says, and that’s when Morisuke notices that his voice is shaking. It’s not much, and to the untrained ear it probably would be undetectable, but Morisuke hasn’t been Kuroo’s friend for seven years without being able to pick up on things like this.

Something blooms burning in his chest. Kuroo’s worried. For him.

“Alright,” he says, allowing Kuroo to guide his broom down, metre by metre. His broom doesn’t act up for the rest of the journey, and he heaves a big sigh of relief when his feet finally touch solid ground.

When they take off again, Morisuke’s arms loop around Kuroo’s waist, and he leans against the heat of Kuroo’s back. He’s safe now. Kuroo won’t let him fall.

PROMPT: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/OIKAWA TOORU

[sotongsotong]

Ship: Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou OR Kuroo Tetsurou/Oikawa Tooru.
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
Kuroo at a 7-Eleven with not enough small change to pay for his stuff at the counter.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[jessibot]

Ship: iwaizumi /& kyoutani
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: i certainly am here for thirst

Prompt:
kyoutani in iwa's house with the ironman triathlon training dvd

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[myn_x]

bless you a thousand times over

PROMPT: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou

[cherrysalmon]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/Kise Ryouta
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: supernatural elements?

Prompt:

Kise in the forest with a bottle of faerie dust.

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/Kise Ryouta
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: supernatural elements, faerie au
Word Count: 484

***

The edge of the forest is colder than the rest, the trees a little more dense, like they're trying to keep people from passing. Kise has always been good at getting into places where he shouldn't be, though. The trees don't stop him. The cloak that he has wrapped around his shoulders keeps him warm when the temperature plummets too, his fingers curled around a bottle in his pocket, given to him half a year ago and stoppered tightly to keep its contents safe. He finds the path under the ground, as it freezes under his feet even though it's the middle of summer.

The King of Winter slumbers in the middle of bare branches that grow around him like a cage. Kise has never figured out whether it's to keep him in there, or to keep others out. It's never mattered to him, when his magic is built around showing people what they want, about persuasion. He coaxes the branches apart, sharp and brittle like ice, until he can kneel in the space between them, beside the body of the king.

"Time to wake up, Himurocchi," Kise murmurs with a smile, pulling the bottle out of his pocket.

The fairy dust in the bottle glitters like ice in the winter sunlight. Most of the dust Kise has ever come across is meant to send people to sleep, but this serves the exact opposite purpose: the winters are much gentler if Himuro is woken with this dust with plenty of time before it's time to turn the seasons. Kise has lived through the more bitter winters, when Himuro has woken on his own and sent his cold spreading through the world, harsh and biting. Even now, Kise can feel the temperature dropping even further, his breath misting in front of his face. Himuro's never in a good mood when he wakes but there's a reason that Kise's here, after all.

"Wake up," Kise says again, leaning down to press a kiss to Himuro's cold lips. He stays there, taking his time to relish in the sensation of Himuro's cold lips against his warm ones. It's a feeling that he's missed while Himuro's been asleep. He presses another shorter kiss to Himuro's lips, then sits back and waits.

Himuro blinks awake slowly, inhaling and then exhaling, looking around until he sees Kise.

"Ryouta," he greets, soft but pleased.

"Good morning," Kise says cheerfully, holding out a hand to help him up. "It's still summer. Plenty of time to play before you need to get to work. You've been sleeping for long enough, haven't you? I was starting to miss you."

Himuro's royal robes are covered with ice that clinks together as he gets to his feet. His hands are cold, but Kise can feel the warmth coming back to them as they hold onto each other. "Well. We'd better make up for lost time, then."

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Kiyoko Shimizu/Yachi Hitoka (and akaken, oikuroo, ushiten? If you want! Not mandatory)
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: The Mystic Messenger AU v1, this is just a suggestion but what if: Kiyoko - Jaehee, Yachi - MC, Kenma - Yoosung, Oikawa - Zen, Kuroo - Seven, Ushijima -Jumin, Tendou - V, ??? - Rika, Akaashi Keiji - Unknown ???

Prompt:
Yachi in the unfamiliar apartment with the RFA's computer.

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Aone Takanobu/Hinata Shouyo, Aone Takanobu&Hinata Natsu
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Aone in the Hinata's backyard with a present for Natsu.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[jessibot]

Ship: kagami/kise
Fandom: kuroko no basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: pretending that schools in kanagawa and tokyo are even close enough to have a joint sports day

Prompt:
kagami in the cross-school sports festival egg-and-spoon race with three award ribbons on his shirt

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[jessibot]

Ship: midorima & aomine
Fandom: kuroko no basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
aomine in a park at 2am with a cold can of red bean soup

FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, T

[hatchbacks]

Ship: Aomine & Midorima
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Word Count: 407

***

It’s fucking hot out. The heat was supposed to have broken, but the weather people don’t really know what they’re talking about; Aomine trusts his gut more than he trusts them, and here he is in the park with Midorima in the heat, wiping his brow on the end of his shirt again.

“Why do we need to be doing this now?”

“You can go home,” says Midorima. “Especially if you’re just going to complain.”

Aomine sighs. As good as his bed sounds right now, he’s too cheap to not split cab fare with Midorima. And that’s not really it; if Aomine’s being honest with himself he doesn’t want this weighing on him if Midorima’s shitty night vision makes him bump into something and get injured and screw up their season and have Coach yell at Aomine for fifty minutes because he’s apparently been appointed Midorima’s minder or something (never mind that neither of them would say anything about this adventure, Coach always fucking knows). Why did they have to end up on the same pro team, and why have Midorima’s stupid superstitions gotten this ridiculous?

“Fine,” Aomine says, kicking at the dirt.

It’s dark, even with the lights on the path; the glow of a vending machine is visible up ahead. Refreshment, fucking finally. Midorima’s already up ahead, going to get there first. Aomine slows his pace, watches as Midorima feeds the machine with coins from his pocket and then he presses the button twice. Aomine’s about to ask him if he’s that thirsty, when Midorima hands him one of the cans of cold shiruko.

“The machine gave me two.”

That’s the baldest lie Aomine’s ever heard, but it’s nice to know despite the fact they’ve gone pro, despite everything that’s happened since Midorima was just his weird classmate, he’s still the same Midorima.

“Thanks,” says Aomine.

Shiruko’s not his favorite (and he’d appreciate Midorima being open about his thanks for the favor Aomine’s doing him) but when he’s thirsty and hasn’t eaten and it’s hot, shiruko’s pretty damn good. Aomine chugs about half the can in one go; Midorima raises an eyebrow but says nothing.

“Lead the way,” says Aomine.

“Of course,” says Midorima.

They’d better not take all night finding whatever it is, but for now it’s okay. Or at least, it’s not as bad as Aomine had assumed it would be (not that he’s going to give Midorima the satisfaction of hearing that).

PROMPT: TEAM KANZAKI MIKI/MIYAHARA

[tsunderekita]

Ship: Kuroo Tetsurou/Oikawa Tohru
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt:
Kuroo Tetsurou in Oikawa Tohru's bedroom with his phone open on a page full of @dril tweets.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[jessibot]

Ship: bokuto/kuroo
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: sexual content
Other Tags: u know what just go for it. if it's one of those ones w the fake tail attached then yea boy

Prompt:
bokuto in kuroo's closet with the novelty buttplug

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Tendou Satori/Ushijima Wakatoshi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: (he can be the receiver or author)

Prompt:
Tendou in his room with his laptop showing a red room message.

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Himuro in front of the basement prison cells with a keychain.

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Midorima Shintarou/Kise Ryouta
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: drugs
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Midorima in the glasshouse with the weed crops and the carrots.

FILL: Team Himuro Tatsuya/Nijimura Shuuzou, T

[cherrysalmon]

Ship: Midorima Shintarou/Kise Ryouta
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: drugs
Other Tags: piyo, im sorry
Word Count: none

not /exactly/ what you asked for but...

***

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Kise Ryouta/Haizaki Shougo
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Kise in front of Haizaki's flat with a katana.

FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, T

[hatchbacks]

Ship: Haizaki/Kise
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Word Count: 410

time travelers au i suppose?

***

It’s a damn good thing Ryouta steps outside to smoke a cigarette in the morning, because he catches Shougo downstairs, grinning up at the building, wearing very old-fashioned clothes with what looks like an antique katana in his hand. Knowing Shougo it probably is some priceless artifact, stolen from several centuries ago because Shougo can’t keep his goddamn time travel to nearby times, stolen bills, setting up things in trust for himself.

“Go big or go home,” says Shougo, holding out the sword. “I did both, though.”

It is lovely; Ryouta knows nothing about weapons but it’s gorgeous to look at, heavy in his hands and probably sharp, made to slice and stab. He’s almost afraid to ask if Shougo had robbed a samurai on the side of the road or something (only he would be so foolish) but the week’s worth of beard on his face and the grey roots showing below his black hair tell enough. He’d managed to worm his way in somewhere, probably get a job as a servant, and steal it out of the house or something (though, if there’s a roadside robbery, that doesn’t mean Ryouta doesn’t want to hear about it).

“What are you going to do with it?” Ryouta says, stabbing his cigarette dead on the railing and pushing open the door (it won’t do to be seen like this).

“I dunno,” says Shougo. “Can’t sell it, but I don’t really want to.”

(He probably could on some artifact black market, but if he’d stolen it already then it’s not registered or verified and he’ll have a hell of a time with it; giving it to a museum isn’t Shougo’s style, but he can’t seriously suggest putting it on display or actually using it.)

Shougo props the sword up on the foyer wall. “You got coffee?”

“I was about to make some for me.”

“I’ve been away for a week; I’m sick of drinking ancient tea,” says Shougo, plopping down on the couch.

“I’m not your servant,” says Ryouta, but he walks over to the coffee maker and turns it on.

“God, I miss everything about modern life.”

“Including me?”

“Full of ourselves, aren’t we,” says Shougo.

“You’re sitting on my couch, in dirty clothes, about to drink my coffee; who’s the one who’s full of himself here?”

“It’s not full of myself when I got something as cool as that,” says Shougo. “Then it’s, like, justified."

Ryouta rolls his eyes.

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Haizaki Shougo/Kagami Taiga(/Himuro a Tatsuya?)
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Kagami by a river with a flame floating in his hand.

FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, T

[hatchbacks]

Ship: Haizaki/Kagami
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Word Count: 415

***

A snap of Shougo’s fingers could collapse the air in Taiga’s palm, burn it all to ash, destroying the steady flame, the stream of smoke at the end. He could; he has; he does. It’s the way they destroy, raze the scene until it feels as if their lungs will give out from breathing in the burning air and then collapsing it all, everything around them turning to grey dust, the aftermath but in the moment, smoldering but not enough to build another flame.

Shougo’s magic is more permanent, until it’s swept away, taken off for a magical traces test (Taiga’s flames are all but erased; the most that could be said about that source was that it was most likely matical, held up by supporting evidence but never proven). It’s because of Shougo that they’re on the run, Shougo and his utterly physical, solid magic. He doesn’t tell Taiga not to stick around, but sometimes he wonders why he has for so long. Maybe it’s easier this way than to find another finisher, even one who’s easier to get along with. Maybe it’s because Shougo’s good at what he does, and that’s enough.

“Maybe you should remember not to broadcast your thoughts, dumbass,” says Taiga, plunging his hand into the river in front of him.

He sits on the bank and pats the place beside him; Shougo sits and keeps his bare hands from touching the grass, singeing it (he can control; he does control, but Taiga’s liable to do something and they’ve already put down too many traces here).

“It’s apparently only ever on your frequency, Radio Receiver.”

“If that was an attempt at an insult, it didn’t work,” says Taiga.

“Who says it was? You’re the cutest radio I’ve ever seen.”

“And the hottest?”

“I’ll let you walk right into that one,” says Shougo.

Taiga reaches across, brushing his hand over the shell of Shougo’s ear, carefully avoiding the row of earrings that Shougo had learned the hard way definitely conduct Taiga's heat (even though Shougo doesn’t; even though they could press their bodies up against each other and hurl the most primary power they can muster at each other and have no effect either way). Shougo doesn’t have to be able to read Taiga’s thoughts to see it in his eyes, the you know why I keep you around, and okay. It’s not like it hasn’t occurred to Shougo, but it’s not the kind of thing he likes to bank on.

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Kagami Taiga/Nijimura Shuuzou
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Kagami in a batting cage with spare change.

FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, T

[hatchbacks]

Ship: Nijimura/Kagami
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Other Tags: TAGS OMITTED
Word Count: 407

i wanna go hit now rip

***

“Want to give it another round? I got a bunch more quarters,” says Taiga, digging in his pocket.

“You can go again,” says Shuuzou.

“Come on,” says Taiga, touching Shuuzou’s hand through the fence and shit, maybe that’s too forward (it’s the first date; they’ve been blustering around each other for a bit but still).

Shuuzou doesn’t seem to take it as more or less than what Taiga had meant, smiling softly (the batting cage had been his suggestion after all, and, well; he’s good, better than Taiga, better than his athlete’s hand-eye coordination would give him as a starting point). Taiga steps out, hands over the helmet and bat, and feeds the machine.

Shuuzou’s stance looks nice, not that Taiga knows much about baseball (there was that guy for the Red Sox a while back with that weird stance where he’d stuck out his ass and wiggled the bat; some of his middle school friends had imitated it for shits and giggles, but this looks a little more natural, more relaxed but just as focused). And it’s nice enough to get him to connect more often than not, timing the pitches and sending them straight back to the machine.

“You play,” Taiga accuses him as he steps out after the time runs out.

“Not really,” says Shuuzou. “Not since I was a kid.”

Taiga shrugs. “You looked good though. Like you knew what you were doing.”

“It’s just muscle memory, I guess,” says Shuuzou. “Did you have fun?”

He wipes the sweat from his brow with his sleeve; his bangs are sticking up at a weird angle and Taiga leans over to flatten them out, almost without thinking.

“Yeah, I did,” says Taiga, his voice breaking as he realizes just how close their faces are.

“That’s good,” says Shuuzou, closing the distance between them and kissing Taiga lightly.

Taiga’s pretty sure his face is all red now, and his mouth feels like it can’t move; he wants to kiss Shuuzou again and then watch him hit for another hour and okay, he’s pretty pathetic. But Shuuzou’s smiling at him the same way Taiga feels, warm and soft like a heated blanket.

“You said dinner after, right?” says Shuuzou.

Taiga nods.

“Great; let’s get some.”

This time he’s the one who touches Taiga’s hand and, oh. If Shuuzou had wanted this even half as much as Taiga did, well, he’d done the right thing back there.

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Midorima Shintarou/Himuro Tatsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Midorima in his doctor office with a box of chocolates and a rose.

Fill: Team Grandstand, T

[umaibo]

Ship: Midorima Shintarou/Himuro Tatsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basket
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Kisses and Midorima being a very embarrassed noodle
Word Count: 594

***

Shintarou isn’t really the romantic type. He really tries his best at it but he never knows if it’s enough or if he’s not doing what he should be doing (whatever that might be).

Ever since he and Tatsuya started dating he became more and more aware of this fact – his boyfriend insists on holding hands whenever it’s possible, leaving little notes here and there (I’ll be late for dinner and I’ll miss you lots today and I’ll be waiting for you tonight) and even taking baths together (Shintarou swears he’ll never get used to those, but he’d never give them up). He’s always been a reserved person, keeping to himself and not really showing much emotion, but Tatsuya is slowly but surely making his way through his life and heart.

This is how he ends up with an entire box of chocolates and a red rose on top of his office’s desk, trying not to think about them too much but letting his eyes wander to those objects every now and then in the middle of his work, getting embarrassed every single time he does it and thus not getting much done. He really should be finishing those reports though.

The situation gets even more embarrassing when one of the nurses stops by to leave some prescriptions than need to be signed and asks about said items. “I didn’t know you liked sweets, Midorima-sensei”, she says while hiding her smile behind her hand.

Midorima (unsuccessfully) tries not to blush too much when he says “I… I don’t, not really. Those are… for someone else.” The nurse notices how hard he’s trying not to look her in the eye and dismisses herself, leaving the poor doctor alone to deal with his prescriptions and his seemingly never-ending embarrassment. The nurses are going to be whispering about him all week, he just knows it.

Later that day, when Shintarou is readying himself to go home, there’s a soft knock on his office door and then – a familiar smiling face peeking into the room. “May I, Midorima-sensei?”

Shintarou knows that voice and that tone in particular – he wasn’t even expecting Tatsuya to show up in his office today, why are the hospital’s nurses always like this. He braces himself for impact and stands up, smiling and blushing lightly. “Please do come in. How can I help you, Himuro-san?”

Tatsuya closes the door behind himself and gets closer to Shintarou’s desk, feeling the texture of the rose on top of it with his fingers. “A little bird told me you had a newfound interest in sweets, but it didn’t mention you were thinking about taking gardening on your free time too.”

Shintarou feels like hiding himself under a rock and never getting out of there. “I don’t know how you got the nurses’ numbers but this isn’t very fair. I was hoping to surprise you this time but you always get there first somehow.” He steps out from behind his desk and grabs Tatsuya’s hand, slowly bringing it to his lips.

Tatsuya caresses Shintarou’s cheek with his other hand and whispers into his lips. “To be completely honest, I only came to make sure you were giving those to me and no one else, but if you wan--”

Shintarou interrupts Tatsuya with a soft kiss, and when they pull back he brushes his fringe from his eye, giving Tatsuya a better view of his own red cheeks but very determined expression. Tatsuya laughs and wraps his hands around Shintarou’s neck. “So you can surprise me after all.”

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/Kagami Taiga
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Kagami in a jewelry store with Tatsuya and his rusty, old rings.

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Ship: Himuro Tatsuya/Kagami Taiga
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 473

***

The ring that hangs around Taiga's neck is so small that it only just barely fits onto his pinky these days. He likes it all the same, and likes it even better when Tatsuya's the one who reaches for it when they're lying in bed together, looping the end of his pinky around it and lifting it to his lips to kiss it.

"You've polished it again," Tatsuya murmurs, tilting it in the light so he can look at the way that it shines.

"It keeps rusting more, these days," Taiga sighs. He pulls Tatsuya to lie on top of him, fingers curling in the soft hair at the nape of Tatsuya's neck and scratching idly. "It's getting old, I guess."

"It's been quite a few years," Tatsuya allows, resting his head comfortably against Taiga's shoulder and holding the ring up to look at it again. "I know that when I bought them for us, I intended that we'd wear them forever, but I guess that means something different to children than it does to us now."

"But you still want to?" Taiga asks.

"Of course I do." Tatsuya kisses his neck. "Forever."

Taiga kisses Tatsuya's forehead and lies there, turning it over in his head. There's one obvious thing to do, as far as he's concerned. He just has to make sure that he waits for the right time.

He's never been good at waiting, but this is especially difficult, when he knows just how much they both want this. It's tempting to take Tatsuya into the jewellery shop every time they're out together, to pull him towards the counter and get him to pick out rings that that will actually fit their fingers now.

Tatsuya must know that he's thinking about it; there's a knowing smile on his lips every time they end up wandering close to a jewellery shop, but he's being more patient than Taiga is. He's willing to let Taiga go at his own pace.

The thing is, Taiga knows that this isn't something that he can surprise Tatsuya with. He can't just get the rings and give one to Tatsuya later, but he supposes that's okay. He was there when Tatsuya bought their rings, it only makes sense that Tatsuya be there when Taiga buys their rings.

When he finally gathers the nerve to take Tatsuya by the hand and lead him into the jewellery shop, he's nervous even though he knows there's no need to be. He squeezes Tatsuya's hand, taking comfort in his smile.

"So," Tatsuya murmurs, squeezing Taiga's hand tightly. "Are we getting engagement rings, or are we just going to skip the fuss and go for the wedding rings?"

"You? Skip the fuss?" Taiga laughs softly, pulling Tatsuya against him and kissing the top of his head. "I know you. We're getting both."

Prompt: Team Daiya no Ace

[greenowl]

Ship: Sawamura Eijun and either /Miyuki Kazuya or /Todoroki Raichi or /Kawakami Norifumi or /Kanemaru Shinji or /Kominato HaruichI or /Isashiki Jun
Fandom: Daiya no A
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Sawamura in room five with a dating sim game for his handheld console.

Prompt: Team Grandstand

[babster]

Ship: Tanaka Ryuunosuke/Nishinoya Yuu AND/OR Yamamoto Taketora/Kozume Kenma
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: violence, most likely
Other Tags: none

Prompt:
Tanaka (or Tora) in the octogon with his mouth guard.