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Bonus Round 7: Free For All
Let's finish SASO 2017 with a bang. This bonus bonus round allows any kind of prompt imaginable in any format. The sky's the limit!
Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible.
RULES
- Submit prompts by commenting to this post with literally any kind of prompt, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms, with the following caveats:
- Large image prompts should be thumbnailed and linked to, as explained here.
- Fanart/fanfiction/fanwork prompts are only allowed if you created the fanwork yourself or if you have explicit permission to use it, and proof of permission must be linked to in your prompt header.
- Quote prompts can come from almost anything, but please don't quote personal conversations you've had or overheard.
- Reposting prompts is fine, but be respectful and keep crediting in mind. A prompt belongs to the person who posted it to this round, and who can fill it is determined by whether or not they are on that person's team.
- If reposting a br2 (tic tac toe) prompt, please post each prompt square as its own individual comment. Posting tic tac toe boards wholesale will crash our br scorer and the bonus doesn't apply for this round, anyway.
- Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Akira & Hikaru). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Akira/Hikaru). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
- Besides that, if you want to prompt something, regardless of format—even formats not previously allowed in SASO—go right ahead. If you're unsure you can ask us for clarification, but tbh just go for the gold.
- Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with a 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)
- 8 tracks (fanmixes)
Format your comment in one of the following ways:
| If PROMPTING: | If FILLING: | If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant: |
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP]
| FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING]
| FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING]
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If you see anyone breaking the code of conduct (e.g., causing drama, being rude) anywhere (not just DW), please contact the mods immediately.
SCORING
These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual teammate. Make as many prompts/fills as you want!For prompts: 5 points each (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)
For fills:First 4 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 5-10: 15 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21-50: 2 points each
Fills 51+: 1 point each
All scored content must be created new for this round.
Etc.
If you're hunting through the prompts looking for what to fill, a good trick is to view top-level comments only (see the line of links below this post).Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!
FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, T
Fandom: Yuri on Ice
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: accidental confession, moving in together, eavesdropping, failure to surprise boyfriend when trying to surprise boyfriend
Word Count: 831
I like the idea of these two idiots both trying to surprise each other and both failing.
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Otabek does this thing. He practices conversations that he's going to have, not in his head, but out loud. He doesn't mean to do it, but he can't help it when it's something he's thinking about seriously. Otabek gets embarrassed when Yuri calls him out on it, but Yuri thinks it's cute.
The first time Yuri catches him at it, he's in the hotel bathroom gelling his hair when Yuri lets himself in by the adjoining door, and muttering to himself about jumps and his short program. Yuri doesn't mean to sneak up on him or eavesdrop, but the strange pauses in Otabek's speech make him raise his eyebrows, and then the whole thing seems to start over in the middle.
"What are you doing?" Yuri finally demands, making Otabek jump with an undignified yelp. It turns out he's gearing up to challenge his coach about the order of his jumps, Otabek blushing and grumbling when Yuri snickers at him.
It happens more often once they start sharing the St. Petersburg apartment, although it's mostly when Otabek thinks he's alone. Yuri overhears him practicing to ask Yakov for different rink hours, confronting the landlord about the perpetually burnt out hall light, telling his mother that St. Petersburg might not be as temporary as he'd previously led her to believe. Sometimes Yuri surprises Otabek to tease him about it, but other times he goes away quietly, smiling to himself about how it's like Otabek thinks he can make the conversation go perfectly if he just practices enough.
So when Yuri comes home Victor and Yuuri's apartment, he isn't surprised to hear the murmur of Otabek's voice in Otabek's room. Wondering what Otabek is practicing for this time, Yuri slips off his sneakers and pads across the floor, avoiding the squeaky spot in the hallway. He's muttering in Kazakh, Yuri realizes when he presses his shoulder against the wall just to the side of Otabek's door. Maybe it's his mother again?
But then he hears his own name and starts listening in harder. His Kazakh is far from fluent, but after an entire summer of listening to Otabek on the phone with relatives or gossiping with his sisters and cousins on Skype, it's basic conversational, plus he's maybe been listening to some podcasts to try and improve. It's a secret, a surprise for Otabek that Yuri hasn't put entirely together yet.
But turns out Otabek is crushing him in the surprise department, because Yuri picks out "I want to stay here with you" and "more than this" and "be yours." Yuri's heart starts to race, but he tells it to shut up, this isn't what it seems like. Right?
"Beka?" Yuri asks, stepping out from his hiding stop. Otabek goes stiff like he's been shocked, and when he turns, his expression is pinched. "I heard my name."
"It's nothing," Otabek says quickly. "I was talking to myself."
"I heard more than that." Yuri scowls at Otabek's white lie. "Something you want to tell me?"
"I…you do?" Otabek's brow furrows. "Since when do you understand Kazakh?"
"Since you've been living here all summer, muttering it," Yuri retorts. Otabek's stare remains even, waiting. "Fine, I've been doing listening practice during my commute. Don't change the subject. You only practice like that when it's serious. You want to stay? Past summer?"
"…Yes," Otabek says. "I've been thinking about it. But I wasn't ready to ask you what you thought."
"Because this isn't enough?" Otabek nods, looking even guiltier. Yuri feels lost, and nervous, and he doesn't like either much. "Just tell me!"
Otabek takes a deep breath. "I don't want to be your friend," Otabek says, and even though Yuri thinks he knows where this is going, the sound of those words makes the bottom of his stomach drop out. "Shit," Otabek curses at the look on his face. "That sounded better in Kazakh. I mean I want more than that, from you. With you. I don't know if you want that too, and if you don't then I'm not sure I can stay here, so close to—"
Yuri can't take another word. He throws himself at Otabek, arms around his neck and face pressed against his shoulder. "Yes. Yes, you idiot. Stay, don't…say that kind of stuff, just…stay."
He turns his head until they bump noses, breath catching when it turns into a kiss. It's awkward, Yuri clinging too tightly to fix the angle, panic still crawling up his throat. Otabek pulls his mouth away and kisses Yuri's cheek instead, his jaw, his forehead. His hands are digging into the small of Yuri's back, and Yuri realizes distantly that they're big enough to span more than half of his waist and for some reason that makes him blush furiously.
Otabek chuckles. "You really were trying to learn? You could have just asked me."
"Surprise, asshole," Yuri grumbles into Otabek's neck, which only makes him laugh harder.
Re: FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, T
I love the notion that Otabek talks to himself. I also spend a lot of time talking to myself and also spend a lot of time planning out how Important Conversations will go (though thankfully it's not usually at the same time), so I can REALLY RELATE to this poor child trying to navigate his way around. I think Otabek is a person who appreciates a lot of premediation, so it fits with my concept of his character well! :D
And my other favorite idea about Otabek is that even though he likes everything to be planned, all the important happenings in his life just sort of happen, spur of the moment. Like rescuing Yuri from crazy fangirls. So again, this is so hilarious at his expense. I love the setup where Otabek is conflicted about living with Yuri if they can't sort out an arrangement that acknowledges his feelings, I love that he is having this dilemma after he's told this mom that he's staying (I bet Yuri wasn't supposed to know that).
And then Yuri himself is just perfect. I love that even in his own mind he's playing it off like he's just picking up Kazakh from Otabek being around when really he's making an active effort to immerse himself in it and learn it that way. And I recently learned that my assumption about Russian and Kazakh being in the same language family is wrong (Russian is Slavic and Kazakh is Turkic), so it's even harder to learn for Yuri than I'd initially imagined. Which really makes it that much better of a surprise!
So I love this comedy of errors very much, you absolutely delivered on my silly prompt, so thank you endlessly ♥♥
Re: FILL: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky, T
For some reason I totally headcanon that Yuri picks up languages with reasonable speed, for some value of reasonable that is "faster than Victor." But it makes a lot of sense that his listening would outpace his speaking if he weren't getting the chance to practice so eavesdropping on Otabek's conversations is a lot easier than Otabek being like "show me what you learned."