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Bonus Round 1: Quotes

SASO 2015 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).

PLAY BALL! For this round, we'd like you to take inspiration from songs, sayings, poems, and other kinds of famous words.

Because this is our first full round, please read this post carefully before proceeding!

This round ends at 7PM on June 13 EDT. Countdown Timer.

RULES

Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a quote attributed to a specific person or character, along with any ship/ot3/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms.
- Example: "Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog here!" -Kermit the Frog
- The quote can come from anywhere. Famous people, poetry, songs, books, movies, your neighbor, etc.
- Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. (This is not the sports anime gen olympics.) Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Yachi & Kiyoko). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Yachi/Kiyoko). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your quote-inspired fanwork.
Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
You cannot fill your team's prompts or your own prompts.

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, including Grandstand or Sports Teams Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Place the prompt's relationship in the first bolded line of the comment. Including the canon isn't required, but it's nice. Visual example	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to Write it exactly as it appears on the team roster or your team will not receive points Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Place applicable major content tags and word count before your fill (when applicable) NSFW FILLS: Post written/text fills directly to the round with clear tags. Please link to art/visual fills. You can include a small safe-for-work preview if you'd like. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill, G - E, as explained in the rules Place applicable major content tags and word count before the fill, where applicable NSFW FILLS: Post written/text fills directly to the round with clear tags. Please link to art/visual fills. You can include a small safe-for-work preview if you'd like. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" /> Visual example

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.

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 3 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 4-10: 10 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21+: 2 points 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.

Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!

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PUTS UP SHIELDS AGAINST SAMY

pl ease

thIS IS SO CUTE i love the way you threaded all the characters + universes together ouo omg nagisa and oikawa being cousins HAHA and iwaizumi and makoto helping a dog give birth together - their characterizations were spot on!!! tysm ;w;

plea se

TOUCHE S TH.... IWAENNO IS.... SO PURE SO GOOD OFC I WOULD APPROVE???? OMG REE HOLDS UR HANDS PLS

Makishima/Toudou (Yowapeda)

"Who the hell are you always texting? Everyone you know is here!"
- Community

Edited 2015-06-03 20:52 (UTC)

I LOVE THIS WILD RIDE

Midorima/Takao (KNB)

"I underestimated you."
"Yeah well maybe next time you will estimate me."
- The Office

Edited 2015-06-03 22:14 (UTC)

None, no major warnings apply
1316 words

I.

Annoying, you think, as the boy introduces himself to the class. His hair is too red, his teeth are too sharp, and his laugh and eyes are too bright. You’re even more irritated when he walks over to sit beside you, grinning at you like you’ve known each other for years. You look away, deciding that you’re better off avoiding him.

…But that doesn’t happen. In the next two weeks after the boy’s arrival, he’s already joined your swim club, hangs around you whenever he gets the chance, and won’t stop pestering you about that stupid relay. As much as you tell him that you only swim free, or that you don’t care about timings, he won’t get off your back. It’s beyond tiring for a twelve year old boy to handle.

Finally, finally, you decide to swim in his relay. It wouldn’t have happened, of course, if he hadn’t been leaving to Australia. You decide, why not? This might be the last time I get to swim with him.

He said that he’d show you a sight you’d never seen before.

And after your relay team wins first place, you do see it.

II.

It’s quiet when he leaves for Australia. Not that you miss him, of course, but you’d gotten used to that…brightness of his. The weight of his arm around your shoulders, that annoying (yet strangely infectious) giggle of his, those constant embarrassing romantic ideas he’d have, the way he’d cry at nearly anything and everything… The list could go on.

You’ve started middle school, and something at the back of your head is urging you to join your school’s swim team, to enter competitions, to train hard. You decide that it’s probably because of him. Not that he’s motivating you or anything, but you think that, if he’s training hard in Australia to make his dad’s dream come true, then why shouldn’t I?

Besides, maybe you’ll get to swim with him again someday.

Maybe you’ll be able to see that sight again.

III.

You’re beyond thrilled when you run into him that winter. He’s visiting his family for New Year’s, and you’re a bit surprised that he didn’t tell you or any of your friends that he was coming. And he seems…different, somehow. He’s not enthusiastically yelling out your name and throwing his arm around your shoulders, and his smile seems…forced. And the first thing he does is challenge you to a race.

You win, but you didn’t expect him to start crying.

You didn’t expect to feel waves of guilt washing over you when he rejects your hand and walks away.

You didn’t expect yourself to run after him, yelling out his name.

You definitely didn’t expect him to say that he was going to quit swimming.

You’re convinced that it’s your fault, and you decide that you’re better off not swimming either.

IV.
The next time you seem him is three years later. He looks different, to say the least. His face is more angular, his eyes look sharper, and he’s taller and far more muscular. He’s acting completely different, too. He challenges you to a race, ignoring everyone else, and isn’t satisfied even when he beats you.

In the next following months, he’s joined a powerhouse swimming school, and you and your friends have formed a swim club. He keeps pressing you to race him, saying that he can’t “move on” if he doesn’t beat you.

Even though his persistence is irritating, you find yourself agreeing to race him at the Prefectural Tournament.

Maybe it’s because you understand his reason. If he beats you, he can move on. You won’t have to worry about him quitting swimming again. He’ll move on, and you’ll be free.

But if that’s your reason, then what’s this feeling you’re getting while racing him? It’s…unexplainable, really. When you see him pulling ahead of you in the water, you don’t know why, but something, some invisible drive is pushing you to swim faster, to give it your all.

You haven’t felt like this in ages.

And you don’t expect to feel…crushed when he tells you that he’ll never swim with you again after he beats you. You shouldn’t be feeling like this. You…you were supposed to become free after he beat you, right? Then why…?

You don’t really understand why he decides to become a part of his school’s relay team, but all you know is that you’re going to be swimming with him again.

His reason doesn’t matter as long as you two can swim together.

He was taken out of his relay team. He’s giving up swimming.

You feel like your heart is breaking, but you’re not going to let him quit that easily. He wants to swim in the relay, and you want to swim with him. You’re not going to let him run away again. You won’t have a repeat of what happened three years ago.

V.

The next thing you know, he’s on top of you, his tears falling down onto your face. You can feel every wet drop as if your senses have been magnified, but you still feel…dazed, somehow, like you’re in a dream.

“Why can’t I be free? I want to swim with you guys!”

When he says those words, you smile. Your chest feels warm, and you feel something like…relief spreading through you. Happiness. You realize that his reason was the same as yours all along. He wants to swim with you as much as you want to swim with him.

Your team breaks the rules and lets him swim in the relay. But when you see his face, you know that, at that moment, you couldn’t care about anything else. He yells out your name before you dive in after him, and…

With all four of you swimming together, you finally see that sight again.

Your team wins, and the next thing you know, he’s running up to you, crying and pulling you into a firm, passionate hug, his cheek rubbing against your damp hair. He’s telling you that you’ve showed him the best sight he could’ve ever asked for.

And if there was one moment that you wanted to live in forever, it was that one. With the audience cheering in the background, you wrapped in your friends’ arms, him laughing and crying simultaneously, just like he was in elementary school…

Everything was bright, and you feel like your senses have been magnified. Everything feels real. You want to feel like this forever.

And that’s when you realize that you started loving that red-haired boy a long time ago.

VI.

He and you have done it. After months and months (hell, maybe even years) of training, you’re both standing there, proudly wearing Japan’s National swim team’s uniform and gold medals around your necks. He has his arm around your shoulders, just like always, and he looks so…radiant in the moment, laughing and grinning and waving at the cheering crowds.

And without knowing, you’re leaning up, not caring about the audience or the fact that everything was being broadcasted live, and you’re cupping his face and kissing him.

He seems surprised at first, giving a little gasp, but then you feel him smiling against your lips. His arms are going around your waist and he’s kissing you back. You can both hear gasps coming from the audience, but you stay where you are, wrapped in each other’s arms.

And just like that relay in high school, you’re mesmerized by how real everything feels. It could’ve been a dream, but no. You can feel his lips, soft and warm and having the slight taste of chlorine against yours, you can feel his wet hair as you run your hand through it, you can feel the weight of the medal against your chest, you can hear the audience…

And you’ve never felt happier in your life.

(Waah, hope this is okay! ^^)

Kageyama/Sugawara (Haikyuu)

this was... my friend's idea...

CLENCHES MY FIST, THIS IS A THING OF PURE BEAUTY… theyre s o cute holy shit im dead
thank you so so so much for this amazing fill omfg

Tanaka/Nishinoya (Haikyuu)

"Do you wanna just try making out for a sec? Just to see how it feels?"
- Teen Wolf

Edited 2015-06-03 20:58 (UTC)

Kagami/Kuroko (Kuroko no basket)
OR
Hinata/Kageyama

In the car I just can't wait,
to pick you up on our very first date
Is it cool if I hold your hand?
Is it wrong if I think it's lame to dance?
Do you like my stupid hair?
Would you guess that I didn't know what to wear?
I'm too scared of what you think
You make me nervous so I really can't eat
First Date - Blink 182

oh. oh. I love everything about Teshima's captaincy (the struggle of it), I love this.

P P PLEASE

Angst, Depression, no major warnings apply.
556 words.

Haru.

This definitely wasn’t the first time Haru’s name had crossed Rin’s mind on the plane ride back to Japan. And just like the many previous times, he felt…that feeling in his chest, in his gut. That warm, tingly sensation that made him feel slightly disoriented. Lightheaded.

No. He clenched his jaw even tighter, his sharp teeth ferociously grinding against each other. He had a hint of what that feeling was, but… He shook his head. He was going back to Japan solely to beat Haru. After all, that was the only way he could move on, the only way he could fulfill his dad’s dream.

Four years ago, when Rin was twelve and on his first plane to Australia, he’d thought that he was finally doing it. That he was finally going to make his dad proud by fulfilling his dream of becoming an Olympic swimmer. His twelve-year-old self had thought excitedly, ‘dad would be so happy, me studying in Australia, of all places! And swimming alongside all those prodigies…’

But reality had hit him soon enough. He’d been so stupid, thinking he could survive in Australia, surrounded by all these swimming prodigies twice his size. He couldn’t even make the cut to third place. It didn’t matter how hard he tried. All the hours he stayed practicing and training after everyone had left were near futile.

And all his hopes had been crushed when Haru had beaten him that winter.

And so easily too… Rin felt his eyes prickling at the memory. He quickly, hastily rubbed his sleeve over his them, shaking his head.

That wouldn’t do. He couldn’t cry. He had to show Haru that he was different now, that he was better now. He wasn’t the same romantic crybaby he was four years ago. He wasn’t the person who couldn’t beat Haru three years ago. And he definitely wasn’t the person who started crying after losing to him.

Rin’s hand clenched into a tight, solid fist, nails digging into his palm. I’ll show him.

In the three years after that race, Rin had been training. And he’d been training hard. He’d learned English, been on top of his schoolwork and studies, jogged, gone to the gym, and swum. He’d swum so much that the scent of chlorine had permanently been ingrained into his skin and hair, no matter how long he’d stay in the shower for.

And he’d done it all to beat Haru.

Haru, who was beyond talented but didn’t care about timings or rankings. Haru, who was always talking about swimming “free” and feeling the water. Haru, with his constant blasé, unexcited expression. Haru, who had the prettiest, bluest eyes Rin had ever seen…

Rin felt the smallest of shivers running down his spine before angrily shaking his head. Haru, who was the only obstacle between Rin and Rin’s dream. Rin’s dad’s dream.

Rin gazed out the small window at the night sky, jaw and fists determinedly clenched. Australia had a lot more to offer for a swimmer, sure, with multiple high-class training centers and coaches available. It would give him more of a chance at becoming an Olympic swimmer.

But none of that mattered. He’d give up anything, everything, to be able to beat Haru. It was all he wanted.

(Ahaha, sorry! I deleted the old one and did this again because I hadn't tagged it properly, and it wasn't giving me the option to edit it??)

I LOVE ONODA'S TOTALLY INVESTED OTAKUNESS IN THIS, bless his beautiful sunshine heart. Bless Teshima for getting it. Bless Imaizumi and everybody making his life so hard. Bless all of this forever and ever, I love.

No content warnings. Wordcount: 483

"I want us to win Nationals," Suga suddenly declared one fall day, placing his chopsticks on the top of his bento with a stone-serious look.

They hadn't even been talking about volleyball at the moment, they hadn't been talking much about anything. Even though it had been months ago, he, Daichi, and Asahi still found themselves stewing over their bitter defeat at Inter-High, followed by their almost immediate disqualification during the first round of the Spring High preliminary. It still stung to think about, so they tried their best not to - but without volleyball their conversations were surprisingly stagnant.

Asahi shrugged, and didn't look up.

Daichi sighed, "Yeah, well...I wanted to too."

"No, I'm saying - I want us to win Nationals."

And that caught Asahi's attention, because what? That didn't make any sense. He looked up, "We can't play with just three people...?"

Suga sighed, and rubbed his face, "I know that. Just..." he placed his hands on on Daichi's desk, where they'd all gathered for lunch just as always, "this isn't a team. The third years are gone now, the second years are all way too focused on getting scouted next year. Where does that leave us?"

"The same place we've always been..."

"Exactly!"

Daichi leaned back, "Yeah, but what can we do about it? Maybe we'll get some strong first years next year and we'll actually make it."

"Daichi, do you seriously think anybody would want to come to Karasuno after this season? We're not even scouting anybody. Look, what I'm saying is, if we want to go to Nationals before we graduate, the three of us need to put in the work."

"But...Sugawara-kun-"

"Asahi, 'Suga'."

"...what about the senpai? Won't they get upset if we go behind their backs?"

"Then that's their problem. I think we can do this."

Daichi snickered, "I love it when you're assertive," he didn't pay it any mind when Suga swatted at him, "Alright...I'm in. Asahi?"

Part of him wanted to say no, but another (probably a selfish, overly assertive side he kept buried deep down )clawed at the back of his mind. He thought back to junior high and what if felt like to play on an actual team, the sour feeling in his stomach that still lingered even though their season was over, and how amazing it would feel to stand on a national stage. Plus Daichi was staring him down, and he was a little scared to think about what he would say if he said no. "What do we need to do first...?"

Suga grinned and pulled a notebook from his desk, opening it up, "I heard Chidoriyama has a great Libero - maybe we can take the train there later today?"

"What about Tanaka at Ayano?" Daichi suggested, "He's kind of aggressive and hasn't gotten that might play time, but have you seen his spike?"

~~(I tried orz)~~

Edited 2015-06-03 22:02 (UTC)

this messed me up ((it was so good))

FCUK

wEI WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

kuroo tetsurou/sawamura daichi, haikyuu!!

"I'm not perfect, but I swear I'm perfect for you." — The Cab, Endlessly

I OWN A SOFT KITTY T-SHIRT this is so cute i'm crying at the "because you're underage" comment from kenma THIS IS SO CUTE THANK YOU

THIS WASN'T WHAT I WAS EXPECTING, BUT IT WAS SO MUCH BETTER BLESS YOUR HEART. IT'S SO SPOT ON.

Haiba Lev/Kageyama Tobio (Haikyuu!!)

"Oh my god, how did I do that? I don't even know. I don't even know. I mean, I jumped."

-Michael "Rage Quit" Jones (Aban Hawkins & the 1000 SPIKES)

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Re: Prompt: Team Haikyuu!!

Re: Prompt: Team Haikyuu!!

Re: FILL: Team Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou, T

no subject

Re: FILL: TEAM IWAIZUMI HAJIME/OIKAWA TOORU, G

Prompt: Team Haikyuu!!

Re: FILL: TEAM TSUKISHIMA KEI/YAMAGUCHI TADASHI

Prompt: Team Haikyuu!!

FILL: TEAM MATSUOKA RIN/NANASE HARUKA, G

Prompt: Team Haikyuu!!

Re: FILL: TEAM KUROO TETSUROU/OIKAWA TOORU, G

Prompt: Team Haikyuu!!

PROMPT: Team Aomine Daiki/Kagami Taiga/Kise Ryota/Kuroko Tetsuya

Re: FILL: Team Aoyagi Hajime/Teshima Junta, G

Re: PROMPT: TEAM MANAMI SANGAKU/TOUDOU JINPACHI

FILL: TEAM MATSUOKA RIN/NANASE HARUKA, G

Re: FILL: TEAM ARAKITA YASUTOMO/FUKUTOMI JUICHI, G

FILL: TEAM AZUMANE ASAHI/NISHINOYA YUU, G

Re: FILL: Team Aoyagi Hajime/Teshima Junta, G

Re: PROMPT: TEAM MANAMI SANGAKU/TOUDOU JINPACHI

Re: PROMPT: TEAM HINATA SHOUYOU/KOZUME KENMA

PROMPT: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU

Re: FILL: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/TESHIMA JUNTA, G

Re: FILL: Team Haikyuu!!, T

PROMPT: TEAM NISHINOYA YUU/TANAKA RYUUNOSUKE