Bonus Round 6: Remixes

[referees]

The goal is in sight, participants! Let's finish strong by drawing upon the thousands of fanworks you've created this summer and putting them in new lights.

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

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

RULES

• Choose a fanwork created by other participants in a previous main or bonus round of SASO 2017 and create a new piece based on it. You could create a fanart of another work, an FST inspired by a piece’s style, a podfic of someone else's work, retell another person’s fanfic from another point of view, create a new fanfic inspired by a great piece of art... go wild! Sequels do count as remixes, with limits: "And then the same thing happened again" is not ok, but "And then some totally new thing happened" is fine, and please don't create only sequels.
• You cannot remix your teammates' works. You cannot remix your own works. You can remix fills that were created to your own prompts.
• You can remix a remix, but if we see any remix chains we'll be upset, so do this with moderation and restraint.
• You must have permission from the original creator. There's a blanket permissions post here (feel free to add yourself to it!), or you can leave a comment on their original post asking for permission.
• You must include the dreamwidth link to the original work in your post.
• Since all fills are based on previous works, there will be no prompts for this round. Simply post your fill as a comment in response to this post.
• Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.

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)
• 8 tracks (fanmixes)

There is no max work cap.

Format your comment in one of the following ways:

If FILLING:

If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:

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. (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>Original Work:</strong> <a href="url">link</a> (place the DW link 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. (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>Original Work:</strong> <a href="url">link</a>(place the DW link 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

FILL: Team Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru, G

[horchata]

Ship: kuramochi/miyuki
Fandom: daiya no ace
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: spoken word; music
Original Work: I didn’t want to hold a thorn by tripsh
Word Count: None

Please forgive my nerdy minor and augmented and major chords.

***

Please listen here!

FILL: team kominato ryousuke/kuramochi youichi, T

[kuramochi]

Ship: kominato ryousuke/kuramochi youichi
Fandom: daiya no ace
Major Tags: implied mind control, still somehow no direct mention of death or the undead
Other Tags: none
Original Work: link by princesssid, who granted blanket permission
Word Count: 434

i thought about doing the "southern ancelstierre" version since ps said she wanted to see it but then i figured that might not count as a remix so much... i also didn't end up getting to touching on the mogget & kuramochi relationship too much but!!!!! i tried. i also got a bit confused about what ancelstierran technology would be at this point in the timeline but THIS IS FINE, it's an au, we can do what we want.


***

the abhorsen arrives at the perimeter just as the mist starts rising, flanked on either side by deceptive beasts. on one side, there's a white cat, green eyes glinting in the gloom. on the other, a great black dog, sharp muzzled and amber eyed, hair standing up every which way, half disappearing in the the dusk. colonel yuki tetsuya doesn't blink because he's been on the perimeter more than long enough not to. he recognizes the bright shade of the abhorsen's hair, the mahogany bell handles hanging down from the bandolier across his chest and, more than anything else, he recognizes the purposeful stride of someone who knows what they're doing.

"colonel," the abhorsen says, once he's in range, inclining his head.

"abhorsen," tetsuya replies. he doesn't salute but the urge to do it is there.

"i still don't know what you expect me to do here," the cat says, and tetsuya does start at that but the abhorsen waves it aside.

"sorry about the delay," he says. "we ran into a bit of trouble."

tetsuya shakes his head. "no, thank you for coming." there's a chill creeping into the air, something sinister and dark. the abhorsen is looking around with a critical eye, examining the ancelstierran machinery in varioius stages of failure. army command keeps insisting that it must be poor maintenance and tetsuya's given up getting them to understand otherwise.

"i see," the abhorsen says, head tilted, clearly listening to something tetsuya can't hear. "i see we've got work to do. kuramochi?"

the black dog wags its tail before sitting back on its haunches and throwing its head back, letting out a long, low bay that tetsuya feels all the way down to his bones, locking his joints in place for a moment before the sound seems to push past him.

"that should hold for a bit. colonel, tell me, are your charter mages ready?" the abhorsen is looking at tetsuya expectantly and tetsuya nods, clearing his throat.

"yes," he says, turning to gesture at the group of their best charter mages, ragtag as the are.

"wonderful," the abhorsen says. "please have them go with kuramochi and mogget—" here the cat hisses, sullen, and the dog bares its teeth seeming almost to smile— "kuramochi will instruct them."

"i'd still rather go with you," the dog says, its voice somehow familiar to tetsuya's ears, at the same time the cat starts yowling about how ryousuke owes him fish dinner for a year.

"yes, yes," the abhorsen says waving them both off. "let's get started, please. we have a lot of work to do."

FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, T

[marks]

Ship: Shindou Hikaru/Touya Akira
Fandom: Hikaru no Go
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: ACCA-typical alcohol usage
Original Work: Shindou/Touya ACCA AU by clearlykero
Word Count: 440

because k gives and gives and gives and deserves all good things. which hopefully this is!

***

Shindou raises his head. “Is there any of the strawberry bread left?” he mumbles, then puts his head back down and seems to fall asleep. Touya toys with the idea of cramming some into his mouth because that would be funny, but Shindou’s pretty drunk and it would be just like him to inhale some, then choke and die.

Instead, Touya snaps a picture and finishes his beer. He texts his father with the attachment and tells him that the Net-Go player Sai will probably like this one, even though he won’t. Sai had promised to keep his distance back when Shindou was still in middle school, and he’s kept that promise, but that doesn’t mean he’s kept out of Shindou’s life. And he only likes to see when Shindou is happy and thriving. Which he is, thanks to Touya, but that doesn’t mean he wants even more evidence of all of the times Shindou passes out drunk on their table. But it’s not Touya’s fault that Shindou can’t hold his alcohol, it’s only Touya’s fault that they drink as much as they do.

Touya looks through the display on his camera, seeing what pictures can go into the keep pile tonight. There’s Shindou laughing over a huge bowl of ramen, Shindou teasing Waya before he heads back to the home office, Shindou with his tongue poking out over the goban when they go into endgame (Touya won).

Then Touya packs away Shindou’s extra food, helps him to his feet, and gets him home. When Shindou wakes up in the morning, tucked into bed and wearing his blue-striped pajamas, he’ll take the aspirin and drink the water Touya left him and won’t even think about it. They’ve been doing this for fifteen years, after all, and Touya’s been watching Shindou for far longer. But the two of them, they’re okay. They’ll always be okay as long as Shindou never guesses Touya’s secret, never knows that Touya knows everything about Sai. Still knows about Sai.

Just before Touya leaves, Shindou rouses a little. He shoots Touya a crooked smile and a sleepy blink, and mumbles, “You’re my best friend.” Then he struggles to his elbows and kisses Touya on the mouth. Touya tries to pull away, he really does – he always does – but he’s helpless against Shindou’s stupid drunk smile and this time he even uses his tongue. “I love you, Touya,” Shindou says before he flops back onto his bed and passes out for the night. He won’t remember any of this in the morning.

“Stupid Shindou,” Touya says, staring down. He takes another picture. This one’s for him. “Hikaru.”

Re: FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, T

[mousapelli]

OH MY GOD WHY WOULD YOU DOOOO THIIIIIIS

what the heck seriously Touya would be so beautiful in this stupid universe and Shindou would be such a cute mess and aaaaaggggghhhhh.

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, T

[catlarks]

Ship: Manami Sangaku & Miyahara Iinchou
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: death (in character's past)
Other Tags: supernatural elements (ghost)
Original Work: [ here ] by princesssid
Word Count: None

Remix permission was given. My wrist is broken and I can't write easily so it's time to do all the podfic remixes!!

***

Link to Remix: [ here ] (3 min 54 sec audio)

FILL: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU, T

[wino]

Ship: iwaizumi/oikawa
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Original Work: link by terrencelovesyou
Word Count: 466

pushing daisies was made to be an iwaoi au imo. remix permission given here

***

Iwaizumi isn't an irrational guy.

He's most known for being the opposite, in fact. For being steady and unwavering, the pillar of an earthquake-proof building, the foundation of a centuries-old fortress, the anchor of an unsinkable ship. Just his presence promises security, his voice and demeanor rough but comforting, in its own way, another promise that he's arrived to fix something out of place. While certain people have their head in the clouds and tend to look too far ahead, into some distant future his eyes can't see, Iwaizumi has his sights set on the immediate problem, the obstacle that has to be moved before laying siege to a dragon's castle.

Iwaizumi isn't an irrational guy, that much is true; but he does have his weaknesses, and one of them, the biggest one, happens to have a name.

Oikawa Tooru lies prone on a hospital bed, the vital signs monitor beside him boasting a flat line, more ominous and final than it's ever been in the movies. Iwaizumi had been asleep on the only chair in the room, arms crossed and head bowed, when the sound stirred him slightly, and dread completed the job of waking him up.

On the surface, it seems like nothing has changed. Oikawa hasn't moved from when Iwaizumi had seen him last, no more than half an hour ago, lashes set upon his cheek in silent repose, but the machine wouldn't be lying. The person in front of him is no longer Oikawa, or a person in any way—just an empty shell, one that used to be his best friend. No one can change that anymore.

No one, except, maybe, for Iwaizumi himself.

He hasn't told a soul about this, not even Oikawa, but he never imagined he would ever need to. It's something he's never used ever since he realized the full extent of the ability, but. This is Oikawa.

If Iwaizumi is the immovable object, then Oikawa is the unstoppable force, the only person capable of stripping Iwaizumi of his rationality.

Before he can really think about it, he reaches out, pushing a lock of Oikawa's from where it's curled on his forehead. With that simple contact, Oikawa opens his eyes.

The countdown begins.

"Iwa-chan." Oikawa is blinking himself awake (blinking himself back to life), and his voice soft and cracked from disuse but his smile is as infuriating as ever. "Are you an angel?"

Red blooms in Iwaizumi's cheeks from anger, from embarrassment, from the knowledge that he's done something forbidden. "You're not dead, Shittykawa."

Not if I have anything to say about it, he doesn't add, but he thinks it as he looks at Oikawa, heart-stoppingly alive, all the consequences (of someone else dying in Oikawa's place, of never touching Oikawa again) be damned.

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, T

[catlarks]

Ship: Tadokoro Jin/Makishima Yuusuke
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Original Work: [ here ] by babster
Word Count: None

Remix permission was given. My wrist is broken and I can't write easily so it's time to do all the podfic remixes!!

***

Link to Remix: [ here ] (6 min 41 sec audio)

Re: FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, T

[babster]

oh wow thank you! You have a beautiful speaking voice, and I liked the little differences between character voices. The delivery of the last line in particular was perfect. thank you!

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, T

[catlarks]

Ship: Kinjou Shingo/Toudou Jinpachi
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Original Work: [ here ] by fickle
Word Count: None

Remix permission was given. My wrist is broken and I can't write easily so it's time to do all the podfic remixes!!

***

Link to Remix: [ here ] (3 min 6 sec audio)

Re: FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, T

[fickle]

WHOA. You sound so professional! Seriously, I started it up and just went wide-eyed because it was SO MUCH like an actual audiobook narrator. I am very in awe.

Thanks for the great podfic, you did beautifully and I'm thrilled you chose one of my fills to record!

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, T

[catlarks]

Ship: Fukutomi Juichi/Kinjou Shingo
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: smoking, mentions of auto accidents and related injuries, descriptions of scars
Original Work: [ here ] by kuramochi
Word Count: None

Remix permission was given. My wrist is broken and I can't write easily so it's time to do all the podfic remixes!!

***

Link to Remix: [ here ] (4 min 36 sec)

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, T

[catlarks]

Ship: Arakita Yasutomo & Miyuki Kazuya
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal & Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: mention of canon injuries
Other Tags: arakita's potty mouth, ryousuke and arakita taking everyone down with too many insults, swearing
Original Work: [ here ] by hyalinee
Word Count: None

Remix permission was given. My wrist is broken and I can't write easily so it's time to do all the podfic remixes!!

***

Link to Remix: [ here ] (3 min 24 sec audio)

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, T

[catlarks]

Ship: Oikawa Tooru/Miyuki Kazuya
Fandom: Haikyuu & Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Original Work: [ here ] by aicqt
Word Count: None

Remix permission was given. My wrist is broken and I can't write easily so it's time to do all the podfic remixes!!

***

Link to Remix: [ here ] (4 min 1 sec audio)

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, T

[catlarks]

Ship: Kataoka Tesshin/Oe Kanade
Fandom: Daiya no Ace & Chihayafuru
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Original Work: [ here ] by kiyala
Word Count: None

Remix permission was given. My wrist is broken and I can't write easily so it's time to do all the podfic remixes!!

***

Link to Remix: [ here ] (3 min 6 sec audio)

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, M

[catlarks]

Ship: Kongo Agon/Aomine Daiki
Fandom: Eyeshield 21 & Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: implied sexual content, violence/murder, blood, unnamed character death
Other Tags: secret agent AU
Original Work: [ here ] by putsch
Word Count: None

Remix permission was given. My wrist is broken and I can't write easily so it's time to do all the podfic remixes!!

***

Link to Remix: [ here ] (2 min 45 sec audio)

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, T

[catlarks]

Ship: Miyuki Kazuya/Inui Sadaharu
Fandom: Daiya no Ace & Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: flirting
Original Work: [ here ] by blueminuet
Word Count: None

Remix permission was given. My wrist is broken and I can't write easily so it's time to do all the podfic remixes!!

***

Link to Remix: [ here ] (2 min 47 sec audio)

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, T

[catlarks]

Ship: Inui Sadaharu/Otabek Altin
Fandom: Prince of Tennis & Yuri!!! on Ice
Major Tags: Mild Sexual Content
Other Tags: rival DJ AU
Original Work: [ here ] by blueminuet
Word Count: None

Remix permission was given. My wrist is broken and I can't write easily so it's time to do all the podfic remixes!!

***

Link to Remix: [ here ] (3 min 5 sec audio)

FILL: TEAM IMAIZUMI SHUNSUKE/KINJOU SHINGO, E

[catlarks]

Ship: Oikawa Tooru/Miyuki Kazuya
Fandom: Haikyuu & Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: Sexual content, trans character in a sexual situation, emotional manipulation
Other Tags: Gaslighting, kinda? Dysphoria, intentional triggering of dysphoria
Original Work: [ here ] by aicqt
Word Count: None

Remix permission was given. My wrist is broken and I can't write easily so it's time to do all the podfic remixes!!

This one was fun by which I mean embarrassing who wants to listen to me read Oikawa's horrible come-ons??

***

Link to Remix: [ here ] (4 min 56 sec audio)

FILL: TEAM PRINCE OF TENNIS, T

[fickle]

Ship: Ryoma & Karupin
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Major Tags: tags omitted
Other Tags: tags omitted
Original Work: here by garciraki
Word Count: none

Thanks for letting me color your super cute sketch!

***

FILL: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/KOGA KIMITAKA/TESHIMA JUNTA - RATING T

[besania]

Ship: Past: Koga Kimitaka > Kinjou Shingo; Koga Kimitaka > (Teshima Junta & Aoyagi Hajime)
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: Cisswaps / Rule 63, nudity
Other Tags: boobs
Original Work: link by melongifts
Word Count: 989

koga is a lesbian.

thats it.

***

Koga only liked bikes. The few times classmates bothered to discuss romance (sometimes for consumption, sometimes their starting attempts at their own) with her she’d consistently offer an apologetic smile and explain that she truly, honestly was only interested in bikes.

Koga thought she only liked bikes until she liked one girl. She considers it as a turning point for her character, a personal highlight, a plot-twist that she was embracing far too readily before even giving herself the chance to step back and wonder, ‘wait, really?’.

(Listen, in her defense it was a very good girl––)

She fell like a fool, really, guards knocked down and rose tinted lenses and all. They say love knocks at some people’s doors, don’t they? In her case it was more like she was tackled while standing behind a door. It’s an embarrassing thing to admit even to herself, let alone out-loud, so she never has.

(Not that she thinks it mattered in the long run, but that’s another issue all-together.)

When that girl left, Koga could finally catch breath. Feelings and the terms they left with each other aside, and as dumb it was to think of it that way, she was free –– Of her eyes always falling effortlessly on her, of being so good at picking her voice no matter the distance that she always heard her more clearly than whoever she was talking to at the moment, of getting behind on helping with the bikes because she knew she spent more time on hers and still couldn't help herself, of feeling like she could recall her figure with way more ease than she could recall her own thoughts.

(She was free of a few other things too. A few emotions, a couple of incidents ignored and unaddressed, of her presence keeping her from disagreeing with one of her decisions, things like that.)

She thought that because, messiness aside, she couldn't help it that she was attracted and she found that distracting and maybe, just maybe, she could finally go back to not playing favorites with bikes and knocking things off because she apparently was terrible at multitasking things like living her life while being sapphic.

She thought she could finally catch a breath, until a series of events (so many –– she's compartmentalizing, let her be) landed her in the bath with Unexpected Companions and now that she's no longer suffering of tunnel vision she can't help but be keenly aware of one thing.

At some point between their second and third year, puberty hit Aoyagi and Teshima like a train.

And while she doesn't want to risk making things awkward by staring, the idea of stealing a look is becoming more tempting by the second and shouldn't it be fine? It's a bath after all, it's not like there's much else to look anyway–– No, that's no true, anyone'd feel self-conscious if she did something like that. She knows that and that's why she's feeling self-conscious herself, isn't it? They aren't looking at her but it feels like they are, and it's all thanks to guilt. It's not like they can know what she's mulling over.

Maybe she should just take off her glasses–-

"Hey ~", drawls Teshima, suddenly and lazily as Koga stops holding her chest to push her glasses over her head. "When did you develop? I don't remember you being so big during our first year."

Koga freezes. Her expression doesn't give away much, but she definitely stoped half-way through, glasses barely reaching her hairline.

"Junta", reprimands Aoyagi. Barely. She can't see a thing but now she's fairly sure there's a pair of eyes on her.

"What are you talking about? I've always been the tallest." The reply comes out way breezier than she feels. She picks up where she left too, almost casually, and as her arms fall she lets them go back to hugging herself.

Teshima snorts.

"You know that's not what I'm talking about. I mean, look at you. Why are you hiding them like that?"

"I'm not––"

"Hey, are hers bigger than yours, Aoyagi?"

Aoyagi visibly turns her head towards her, then down. Koga seriously considers lowering her glasses and staring back, just to feel that she has some kind of control over this situation.

(But then, Aoyagi was the type that trained your eyes on you with focused silence. Koga knew how to deal with Teshima's incessant blabbering. Not knowing what Aoyagi was thinking on the other hand...)

"I'm not sure", comes her verdict after a couple of seconds. "When she's holding them like that... Might be about the same."

"Huh." The water moves as the blurr that's Teshima leans back. She still feels her eyes on her chest though. Koga considers seriously what she should do with arms that feel locked around her. "It wasn't like that back then. Wasn't I more developed?"

"Does it bother you, Junta?" It's more a jab than an observation, honestly.

She squints at the other when she laughs but it's no use, she can't make out her expression.

"Not really ~ Just a random thought, that's all. Kind of made me want to check."

Check...?

"Kimitaka." Aoyagi's hand touches her arm. She startles. "You're really red."

"Eh...? Ah––"

"Pfft–– What, is the heat getting to you?" Teshima laughs again, like she made a joke and it's somehow amusing. "Didn't take you for that type."

"Maybe... a little." She grabs for her towel and stands up, not about to miss this chance. "I'll just go cool off and turn in for the day."

She's basically already too gone by the time they say something back. It's a slow, measured escape, but a escape nonetheless. When she looks at her face in the mirror, right after she's entered the dressing room, she's greeted with her reflection still burning crimson.

She rests her forehead against the cold surface, groaning.

The struggle is not yet over.

FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, G

[marks]

Ship: Tsukishima Kei/Yamaguchi Tadashi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: uh i guess this is kind of songfic
Original Work: the freckles in our eyes by tehngo
Word Count: 662

soft soft tsukkiyama

***

Tsukishima was being an idiot. Yamaguchi would probably tell him he wasn’t being an idiot, which only made it worse. He twiddled his thumbs and fussed with the cuffs of his uniform jacket before making himself meet his reflection is the mirror.

“Come on,” he said to himself. He picked up the knife. “You can do this.”

And Tsukishima cut the second button off of his gakuran.

Graduation was annoying, just like Tsukishima knew it would be. The class representative gave a too-long speech, everyone kept hugging him, and Akiteru cried. But Yamaguchi, separated from him by an aisle and five seats, kept leaning forward and beaming at him in excitement. That nearly made things tolerable, until Tsukishima remembered the loose button burning a hole in his pocket. Thankfully, no one had noticed its absence, or at least no one said anything if they had. Maybe they were all too wrapped up thinking about their own last-minute confessions to notice what he had planned. Tsukishima didn’t know. Honestly, Tsukishima didn’t care.

The thing was, this wasn’t last minute for him. Yamaguchi was coming to Tokyo with him, they’d be sharing an apartment. And the night they officially retired from the volleyball club, after Yachi and Hinata and Kageyama had drifted off, leaving only the two of them, Tsukishima found himself staring at Yamaguchi’s freckled cheeks and realized he couldn’t keep his feelings inside anymore. It wasn’t like Yamaguchi would return those messy feelings, but he also wouldn’t walk out of Tsukishima’s life forever, so things would probably turn out all right. And it felt unfair keeping him out of the loop any longer.

After the ceremony, Tsukishima endured another round of hugs and goodbyes and more Akiteru tears. His old senpai came back to congratulate them on their graduation and their win at nationals. And then, everyone slowly drifted off, leaving just Tsukishima and Yamaguchi, just like always.

Yamaguchi kept looking at the ground, then back up at Tsukishima. “Tsukki, I –“

“Don’t you cry, too,” Tsukishima warned.

“I wasn’t going to!” Yamaguchi protested.

“Good.” Tsukishima put his hand in his pocket and felt around for the button. “Hey, I need to tell you something.” He took a step forward and Yamaguchi’s eyes widened. They got even bigger when Tsukishima took his hand and pulled his fingers open so his palm was flat. “Here,” Tsukishima said, staring down at Yamaguchi’s hand as he pressed the button into his palm.

“Oh,” Yamaguchi said and took a deep breath.

“It’s okay that you don’t feel the same way,” Tsukishima assured him. He finally chanced a glance up and noticed the way the light caught in Yamaguchi’s eyes. They sort of looked like crescent moons at this angle. “But I think that it’s a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images.”

“Tsukki!” Yamaguchi said. “That’s so poetic.”

“I stole it,” Tsukishima admitted. “It’s a song.” I didn’t finish the lyric. “But, uh, thanks for letting me get that out. I just needed you to know.”

That’s when Tsukishima got the biggest surprise of his life. Yamaguchi grabbed the front of his jacket, right where the missing button made it gap open, and pulled him in for a kiss. They were out in broad daylight where anyone could see them, and Tsukishima didn’t know what to do with his hands, but he didn’t care. They kissed and kissed again, and when they finally broke apart, breathless and speechless, Tsukishima’s heart was beating so hard that he didn’t know how it stayed inside his ribcage.

“Me too,” Yamaguchi said, pressing his forehead to Tsukishima’s. “I wanted to – I was going to –“ He clutched his fist tighter – “But I second-guessed myself. When did you get so brave?”

Tsukishima laughed, giddy for the first time that he could remember, and kissed Yamaguchi again.

I think that it’s a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images, and when we kiss, they’re perfectly aligned.

FILL: Team Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru, G

[horchata]

Ship: kageyama/oikawa
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: spoken word
Original Work: like a king by sotongsotong
Word Count: None

that second-to-last stanza, sotong.

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FILL: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/KOGA KIMITAKA/TESHIMA JUNTA - RATING G

[besania]

Ship: Kuroda Yukinari > Koga Kimitaka
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Original Work: link by melongifts
Word Count: None

i found a thing that let me do graphics and since i like that fill so much i just, gave it a try o)-(

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FILL: Team Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru, G

[horchata]

Ship: viktor/yuuri
Fandom: yoi
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: spoken word; music
Original Work: waiting, walking, running, home by cherrysalmon
Word Count: None

I played this on my silly little keyboard; I hope it came through all the same

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FILL: Team Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru, G

[horchata]

Ship: kageyama/suga
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: poetry
Original Work: suga’s a god by stariceling
Word Count: 29 lines


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Sugawara Koushi's Four Favorite Offerings From Kageyama Tobio

1. his love
well, of course
this story wouldn't be here without that

2. his time
the plant-smell crisps and wafts in the cool humidity of spring rain
and still kageyama returns
the heat bubbles the air into something living and stifling
and still kageyama returns
the leaves shrivel and rot and the wind nips at his fingers
and still kageyama returns
the frost crunches underfoot of his old leather shoes
and still kageyama returns
year after year after year


3. his laughter
sugawara koushi is not a god without mischief
and not every time
not every day
but slowly over weeks and moons he pulls elusive smiles out from between kageyama’s lips
and draws out a huffed breath, and maybe there a gasp
but the joy that dawns in kageyama’s countenance
to see suga appear at the shrine
and the bright rich mirth that fills the air
strengthens suga tenfold to every solicited humor
and shames the sunlight that dapples through the trees


4. his faithfulness
‘why haven't you married, kageyama?’
what a surprise to see such hurt wound kageyama's face
‘i thought i had,’ he says, and suga feels within him something thrum

Re: FILL: Team Kageyama Tobio/Oikawa Tooru, G

[stariceling]

I'm sorry I didn't find this until so long after the fact but it's beautiful and I love it so very much. The meter feels perfect for this and I am really happy to see this glimpse of Suga's POV. Thank you so much! I hope it's okay if I link it from the original fic now that I've finally posted on AO3.

FILL: team kominato ryousuke/kuramochi youichi, G

[kuramochi]

Ship: takigawa chris yuu/zaizen naoyuki
Fandom: daiya no ace
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Original Work: link by clearlykero
Word Count: 440

bless u k, i love this au


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"sure you're not just getting old, takigawa?" naoyuki says, from where he's doing his warm up stretches on the floor, because it's always takigawa when he's trying to make a point, the curl of his lip as theatrical as the expressive line of his body when he dances. chris has spent enough time looking at both to see the relationship.

"oh, don't worry about me," chris says, leg up on the barre, watching naoyuki's movements in the studio mirrors. it's the most still he ever gets, outside of being on stage, holding an arabesque or standing on his mark, the moment of calm before he starts to dance. naoyuki's been called an 'explosive dancer' for the power in his legs but chris figures it suits him all around. chris's dancing is clean and powerful; naoyuki's is almost wild, something raw and primal in his every move. it's a magnetism that's served him well, gotten him roles that might otherwise have been chris's. chris should resent it, but he can never quite manage.

"who would worry about you," naoyuki says, and chris laughs instead of pointing out the contradiction. naoyuki's got his face on the floor now but the tips of his ears are red and chris counts it as a win.

*

after rehearsal, they go to dinner. naoyuki's a little quieter, restless energy poured out into six hours of choreography refinement and a series of leaps and jumps passed between the two of them five times, each pass more difficult and ridiculous than the last before the director put a halt to their oneupmanship. chris got the last turn, so he supposes that's a win too. naoyuki seems to have forgotten or at least written it off as outside interference, letting chris drape an arm around his shoulders during the walk to the soba shop on the corner, grumbling into the scarf chris wrapped around his neck before they left the studio.

chris stops them a block before the restaurant, kissing the complaint out of naoyuki's startled mouth in the dim space between two streetlamps.

"what was that for," naoyuki says, once chris pulls away, habitual furrow between his eyebrows trying very hard to look annoyed rather than confused.

"i wanted to," chris says, as if he hasn't been thinking about it since they got to the studio, the day too crowded by costume fittings and make up tests and class for a moment alone.

"well, obviously," naoyuki says, straightening his shoulders and chris kisses him again.

"come on, nao," he says because he's allowed to use nao when it's just the two of them like this. "dinner's on me."

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[dynamite]

Ship: kuramochi youichi / miyuki kazuya
Fandom: daiya no ace
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: graphics fill
Original Work: link by kitaiichis
Word Count: none

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FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[dynamite]

Ship: iwaizumi hajime / oikawa tooru
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: graphics fill
Original Work: link by tripsh
Word Count: none

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