Bonus Round 2: AUs

[referees]

Bonus Round 2: AUs

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


This round is made for exploration of all those "what-if?" scenarios, like "what if my favorite sports anime was actually a spaghetti western?" or "what if everything was the same except everyone was actually a car?"


This round ends at 7PM on June 27 EDT. Countdown Timer.

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with an alternate universe idea, along with a ship from one of our nominated fandoms.
• An AU could be a canon divergence, e.g. "what if [team] didn't win the Inter High in season 1, but [other team] did instead?", or a completely different setting altogether, e.g.s pop idol AU, coffee shop AU, superheroes AU, etc.
• Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
• 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)

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!

Comments

PROMPT: team daiya no ace

[kuramochi]

kuramochi youichi/kominato ryousuke, daiya no ace



someone pls give this to me.

Re: PROMPT: team daiya no ace

[iwaizumis]

I'M LAUGHING SO HARD PLEASE

PROMPT: TEAM HAIBA LEV/YAKU MORISUKE

[solfuric]

Iwatobi Swim Club and/or Samezuka Swim Club (Free!)

espionage/spy au.........

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[alphahelix]

Ennoshita Chikara /& Nishinoya Yuu or Ennoshita Chikara /& Akaashi Keiji(Haikyuu!!)

Narcoleptic Ennoshita AU

PROMPT: Team Akashi Seijuurou/Nijimura Shuuzou

[winterstuck]

Kuroko/Momoi (Kuroko no Basuke)

Where Kuroko is a detective and Momoi is his informant.

PROMPT: TEAM FUKUTOMI JUICHI/KINJOU SHINGO

[catlarks]

Imaizumi/Teshima (yowapeda)

AU where Imaizumi is an uptight corporate programmer and Teshima is a (shitty) 3L337 H4CK3R making his life hard.

(I feel like I should be sorry for this but listen, I am not.)

[uwu_anon]

im shrieking Teshima would be SO insufferable as a hacker im laughging my ass off righ t now

PROMPT: Team Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke

[fabflyingfox]

Pairing: Sugawara Koushi/Tanaka Ryuunosuke (Haikyuu!!)

AU: Ferngully

:^)

Re: PROMPT: Team Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke

[megginee]

I used to be obsessed with this movie but I haven't seen it in like a million years ;;;; I feel like this is a good prompt tho

PROMPT: TEAM IWAIZUMI HAJIME/OIKAWA TOORU

[araakita]

Toudou/Arakita (yowapeda)

Step Up AU

Re: PROMPT: TEAM IWAIZUMI HAJIME/OIKAWA TOORU

[elts]

i haven't seen this movie in years, but i might rewatch it just for this omg

PROMPT: TEAM NANASE HARUKA/TACHIBANA MAKOTO

[doxian]

Makishima Yuusuke/Toudou Jinpachi or Makishima Yuusuke/Tadokoro Jin/Toudou Jinpachi (Yowamushi Pedal)

Homestuck/trollstuck AU. Toudou is a Tyrianblood who's completely in hearts/spades for mid/low-blood Maki-chan. Makishima finds himself getting hit on by literal royalty and has no idea what to do.

for tadotoumaki: Tadokoro is Makishima's moirail/auspistice who ends up smoothing everything out :') (bonus points if he ends up getting sucked into a concupiscent quadrant with the other two, too.)

PROMPT: TEAM AKASHI SEIJUUROU/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU

[apareciums]

Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Tetsurou, Haikyuu!!

The Maze Runner AU

[bandera]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PUTS THIS PROMPT IN MY POCKET I'M SUCH MAZE RUNNER GARBAGE

PROMPT: Team Akashi Seijuurou/Nijimura Shuuzou

[winterstuck]

Sousuke/Rin (Free!)

Figure skating AU

Re: PROMPT: Team Akashi Seijuurou/Nijimura Shuuzou

[jeilovesyou]

YELLS ABOUT THIS A LOT

PROMPT: TEAM TSUKISHIMA KEI/YAMAGUCHI TADASHI

[necessarian]

Moniwa Kaname/Ushijima Wakatoshi (Haikyuu!!)

Pride & Prejudice AU

Re: PROMPT: TEAM TSUKISHIMA KEI/YAMAGUCHI TADASHI

[paltita]

OH MY GOD...........................USHIJIMA AS DARCY

oh god

PROMPT: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU

[intricacies]

kyoutani kentarou/yahaba shigeru, haikyuu!!

au in which animals love kyoutani (except for small dogs, who always try to fight him) and he volunteers at an animal shelter and yahaba is the veterinarian that works there

FILL Team: Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke, Rated: T

[iwaizumemes]

No Major Content Warnings

rated T for language i guess??
Words: 1194

The way the yorkshire terrier was growling at him you’d think he’d insulted it’s mother. To be fair, he may have called it a “son of a bitch” a few times, but he’s never been one to pass up a grammatically correct insult when presented with the place, and the fact that the dog’s teeth were clamped around his hand was more than enough reason for insults.

Kyoutani always thought of himself as an animal person. Animals were 100% better than people in every scenario, but something about small dogs made them more likely to bite his ankles than to lick his fingers. He sat on the ground in the kennel, careful to avoid where the dog had spilled its water, and crossed his legs. He had to give this monster attention for another three or four minutes before moving on, so he might as well sit down.

The dog had somehow clamped onto his other hand, the jaw not strong enough to really hurt him, but he think it broke the skin, just as one of the shelter’s vets walked past.

“Are you alright, Kyoutani?”

“Mm, what?” He looked up. The vet, Yahaba, he thought his name was, pushed the hair out of his eyes and looked pointedly at where the dog hung from Kyoutani’s hand.

“Oh, this? Yeah, I’ll be fine.”

“Maybe you’d want to take a break?” He sounded shy, but not as nervous as a lot of people seemed to be around him. Someone told him once that he looked dangerous, he never understood it. They’d spoken a few times over the months, a couple words here, a smile from Yahaba there. They were acquaintances, if not friends.

“Why?”

“Because a dog is biting you?”

“Oh.” He considered. He was a little thirsty. “Okay.” He stood up, shaking his hand until the dog unlatched its teeth, and left the kennel that Yahaba held open for him. They walked together, silent by side by side, through the large room full of dog kennels. When Yahaba shut the door behind him he found he missed the sounds of barking permeating the air.

“You want to get a drink or something?” Yahaba asked, and Kyoutani started towards the vending machine in the lobby. A hand on his arm stopped him. “Where are you going?”

“Vending machine.”

“Oh, you can come back to the breakroom. I’m the vet in charge right now, and some of the other volunteers come back here sometimes.” He gestured towards a long hallway behind the greeting counter and Kyoutani followed him.

He didn’t really get along with the other volunteers much. He was here for the animals, plain and simple, so he’d never been to the employee break room in the six months he’d been volunteering. For that matter, he wasn’t sure why this vet was always so nice to him either. It was almost annoying.

Yahaba insisted Kyoutani sit at the small plastic table while he got them cups of tea, and Kyoutani complied by crossing his arms and sinking lower in the chair than was appropriate for polite company.

“So, why do you come here?” Yahaba asked, sipping the tea in front of him.

“Animals.” Kyoutani replied. He hadn’t touched his tea, something about the cups felt too delicate to him. He wasn’t much of a tea drinker to begin with.

“That’s not even an answer, and it didn’t seem like you liked Marcy very much.” He sounded demanding, a tone Kyoutani didn’t hear too often unless it was from his grandmother, and the man in front of him was definitely not as intimidating. He remembered that Marcy was that yorkshire terrier monster from before and he shrugged one shoulder.

“Small dogs don’t like me, but I’m here for the rest.”

Yahaba nodded and sipped at his tea again. Something about his reactions were irritating. Maybe this was why Kyoutani never should talk to people.

“I think you should make more of an effort with the small dogs.”

“What?” For half a second or so, he tried to not seem angry. He’d been here, three times a week for six months, who did this guy think he was, telling him he wasn’t making enough of an effort? He felt his hand tighten around the tea cup, he thought he might break it.

“The dogs here need you, Kyoutani, even the small ones, and if you aren’t going to make an effort it’s unfair to them.” His tone was matter-of-fact and incredibly annoying. Kyoutani wanted to scream.

“Look, I know you’re the boss here, but that’s bullshit and you know it!” Before he could continue Yahaba stood up, quickly leaving the small room. “Hey, I was talking to you!”

He followed Yahaba down the narrow hallway and just as he caught up he felt a hand on his shoulder and his back was pressed against the wall. Yahaba seemed larger all of a sudden, despite his thin frame, and he loomed over Kyoutani as his hands fisted in the shoulders of his tshirt.

“If you’re not going to take things seriously we don’t need you! I thought you actually cared about the animals but you’re just another asshole who thinks they can just spend time playing with dogs and ignore the ones they don’t like. It makes me sick.” The venom in his voice was biting and Kyoutani was too shocked to speak. A few seconds later Yahaba seemed to come to his senses, or maybe he realized just how close their faces were, and he let go and backed as far away as the narrow hallway would allow.

“I’m sorry.” It was Kyoutani who spoke. At this point he wasn’t even sure why, but he wasn’t going to let Yahaba think he didn’t care about the shit he did here. “You’re wrong that I don’t care though. I’ll admit I’m an asshole, but animals are better than people.”

Yahaba took a few seconds, but when he responded it was like he was rising from a trance. “No, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t… I shouldn’t have gotten mad like that, there’s no excuse.” He shook his head and then pushed his hair back again.

“Whatever, it’s fine. I’m gonna go play with.. Marcy again.” He hesitated before saying the monster’s name, but he was pretty sure Yahaba would appreciate it.

His eyes widened slightly and he nodded in response. “Oh, good. I’ll… See you later then.” When he didn’t make an effort to move, still standing resolutely against the opposite wall of the hallway, Kyoutani left first.

He found himself standing in front of Marcy’s kennel, and she was growling, again.

“Look here, we’re gonna be civil about this because I don’t need Yahaba climbing down my throat again, you hear me?” He said, pointing a finger at the dog. He thought she even seemed to listen.

PROMPT: Team Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke

[fabflyingfox]

Pairing: Akaashi Keiji/Iwaizumi Hajime (Haikyuu!!)

Touken Ranbu AU

(have you seen Atsu he's literally their son)

Re: PROMPT: Team Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke

[intricacies]

FFFFFUUUUCCCCKKKKK

PROMPT: TEAM FUKUTOMI JUICHI/KINJOU SHINGO

[catlarks]

Shinkai/Fukutomi (yowapeda)

Supernatural (genre not TV show) AU where Fukutomi is the head of an order that exorcizes demons, along with Shinkai. Shinkai has a demonic brain-parasite along with him for the ride.

(or, please provide to me content based on ideas thebikiestdad and I have tossed around. also I will love you if Shinkai loves his brain-parasite.)

Re: PROMPT: TEAM FUKUTOMI JUICHI/KINJOU SHINGO

[shinara]

omg A+++++

PROMPT: TEAM TSUKISHIMA KEI/YAMAGUCHI TADASHI

[necessarian]

Hanamaki Takahiro/Matsukawa Issei (Haikyuu!!)

Singing in the Rain AU
(or basically just co-stars who hate each other, but the more Singing in the Rain aesthetic, the better)

Re: PROMPT: TEAM TSUKISHIMA KEI/YAMAGUCHI TADASHI

[megginee]

DUDE. DUDE.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[alphahelix]

Oikawa Tooru/Kageyama Tobio (Haikyuu!!)

Pirates AU

Re: PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[intricacies]

I HATE YOUUUUUU

PROMPT: TEAM MAKISHIMA YUUSUKE/TOUDOU JINPACHI

[mmmakichan]

manami & makishima, yowapeda

Team swap AU where Manami is Sohoku's second climber instead of Onoda.

"What sort of things are you into, Makishima-san?"

"Gravure."

"Oh, that's nice! Can you give me some recommendations?"

"..."

(I'd also accept Toudou or Arakita trying to deal with the mess that is friendless otaku Onoda trying to recruit them into the anime club. Please. Please.)

Re: PROMPT: TEAM MAKISHIMA YUUSUKE/TOUDOU JINPACHI

[hapaxlegomenon]

Okay this is perfect and adorable

PROMPT: TEAM NANASE HARUKA/TACHIBANA MAKOTO

[doxian]

Makishima Yuusuke / or & Onoda Sakamichi (Yowamushi Pedal)

Homestuck/trollstuck AU. (again. i'm sorry) Makishima is a jadeblood and a rainbow drinker. Onoda is his rust/redblood moirail and they're super tight. so tight that Onoda lets Makishima feed on him.

Re: PROMPT: TEAM NANASE HARUKA/TACHIBANA MAKOTO

[sylphofkarkat]

never deny your roots doxy (this is super cute and i'd fill it but i don't know if it'd be any good !!)

PROMPT: TEAM ABE TAKAYA/MIHASHI REN

[harklights]

abe takaya/mihashi ren, oofuri

loveless au. think about it

[catlarks]

I'm thinking and something in my heart is making a strange, high-pitched keening, oh no, oh no (oh yes).

PROMPT: TEAM FUKUTOMI JUICHI/KINJOU SHINGO

[catlarks]

Hiruma/ & Agon (eyeshield 21)

Sci-fi AU where Hiruma is a galaxies-renowned space pirate, and Agon is the bounty hunter hired by several planetary governments to take him down.

Re: PROMPT: TEAM FUKUTOMI JUICHI/KINJOU SHINGO

[winterstuck]

IF I COULD WRITE I WOULD WRITE THIS FOR YOU SO HARD.

I love all of your Eyeshield prompts

PROMPT: Team Akashi Seijuurou/Nijimura Shuuzou

[winterstuck]

Yamazaki Sousuke & Hyuuga Junpei (Free!, Kuroko no Basuke)

Body swap AU where they magically wake up in the other's body (b/c same voice actor and I'm a sucker for seiyuu crossovers orz)

Re: PROMPT: Team Akashi Seijuurou/Nijimura Shuuzou

[iwaizumis]

I LOVE HOSOYAN SO MUCH...
especially in daiya as tetsu and chihayafuru as arata....
o(-

PROMPT: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU

[intricacies]

sawamura daichi/sugawara koushi, haikyuu!!

AU in which Person A is studying in the library alone during finals week and Person B comes by and asks if they can sit across from them since everywhere else is full. Person A gives permission without lifting their head up. After a while, Person B taps Person A on the shoulder and asks if they can watch their stuff so they can go to the bathroom or something and Person A lifts their head up to say yes, only to find themselves flustered by Person B's smile.

based on a real thing that happened to me...... rip.....

FILL: TEAM IWAIZUMI HAJIME/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[ennoshita]

no content warnings, 800 wc.

"Excuse me?" someone whispers from behind Daichi. "Do you mind if I share this table with you?"

Daichi shakes his head, hardly gracing whoever it is with an actual, verbal response. He has an exam tomorrow on Organic Chemistry and never before has he ever felt so terrified of typed questions on paper.

"Thank you," the stranger whispers before walking to the opposite side of the table to set up camp.

He doesn't usually do this. Procrastinating is not Daichi's style and it's with foreboding dread that he realizes that acting out of character has only caused him suffering thus far. He refrains from sighing audibly, nose just inches from his textbook as he uselessly highlights another definition he's bound to forget. He cracks his neck and stretches his arms and contemplates dropping out of school to live his life as a stellar example of What Not to Do.

Pay attention to me, his textbook demands.

Daichi wonders how appropriate it would be to cry.

-

It's three in the morning when the person sitting across from him taps the very edge of his textbook lightly.

"Excuse me," they start once more.

He's almost done with this chapter and he really doesn't want to deal with interruptions when it's approximately four hours past his usual bed time, but Daichi is hardly a rude guy.

"Do you mind watching my stuff for a second?" the person asks.

Daichi lifts his head to acknowledge them but is momentarily struck by a sudden loss for words when he looks the stranger right in the eyes and realizes that maybe, just maybe, there's a god somewhere in this forsaken library that is blessing Daichi's night. He doesn't know what else to say: the person addressing him is incredibly attractive, all soft smiles and smooth edges that make Daichi wonder if he is perhaps the angel of Organic Chemistry, come to keep Daichi from committing crimes against humanity with a textbook.

"Excuse me?" the boy asks sheepishly.

"Oh," Daichi says faintly. "Yeah, yeah. I will."

He tries not to watch as the stranger walks away, forcing himself to pay attention to his textbook once more. His mood's a little brighter now. There's the prospect of walking back to the dreary dormitories at six o'clock in the morning with this person, maybe. Or they could get breakfast together at the crack of dawn.

(In the end, neither of those things happen. The beautiful stranger packs up and leaves quietly a little while after he returns and Daichi mourns the loss of his almost lover and also the inevitable failure he's going to get on his exam tomorrow.

The world is cruel.)

-

Daichi emerges from his lecture hall feeling as though someone has taken everything good and holy from him. He's a little comforted by the fact that Kuroo and Iwaizumi both looked at him from across the hall with expressions of murderous intent but all things considered, he feels worse than he does better.

Failure builds character, Daichi decides on the spot, hand still aching from writing an essay about a topic he knew nearly nothing about (a chapter he should have read but instead spent trying to sneak glances of the angle of the library).

He sighs and then stretches his arms, clamping his eyes shut as his muscles tense and—he crashes right into someone's shoulder.

"Sorry!" he says immediately, crouching down to pick up a stray book. "I didn't mean to—"

"Oh!" the victim says in recognition, a bright smile on his face. "I saw you at the library yesterday night, didn't I?"

Daichi's mouth dries and he contemplates karma and whether this is good karma or bad karma or okay karma that might escalate into good or bad karma.

"Yeah," he says faintly. "We sat together, right?" he asks, like he doesn't know.

"Ah, are you okay? You look like you just got beaten up by an exam," the stranger says knowingly.

Daichi holds up his textbook and pats it once. "You're right." He smiles sheepishly.

"I was studying for Biostatistics last night so trust me, I understand the pain." The stranger looks thoughtful before extending a hand. "I'm Sugawara, by the way, but you can call me Suga. It's nice to meet you again."

Daichi swallows thickly and accepts the handshake. "Sawamura Daichi."

Suga smiles fondly at Daichi in a way that makes Daichi feel a little weak.

"Are you free?" Suga asks with a tilt of his head. "I'll treat you to some coffee for surviving your exam. You stayed a lot later than I did, huh? You must not have gotten enough sleep!"

Daichi contemplates the existence of true, heavenly, celestial, angelic beings on this cursed planet Earth. He remembers to nod.

"Yeah," he says, almost breathless. "I'd appreciate that."

PROMPT: Team Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke

[fabflyingfox]

Pairing: Kyoutani/Yahaba (Haikyuu!!)

Cosmetology AU: in which Yahaba has to bleach Kyoutani's hair and the tension at the shampoo bin is [flame emoji]

PROMPT: TEAM AOYAGI HAJIME/IZUMIDA TOUICHIROU

[luckycricket33]

Midousuji & Miyahara & Onoda (Yowamushi Pedal)

AU where the gang cosplays NGE characters at a convention.

FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, G

[tawny]

I just realized I should've drawn them with badges oops

PROMPT: TEAM NANASE HARUKA/TACHIBANA MAKOTO

[doxian]

Tadokoro Jin/Toudou Jinpachi (Yowamushi Pedal)

nsfw-ish text warn for prompt



from here

so, basically, rival baking fanatics AU?

[catlarks]

I'VE WANTED THIS FOR A MILLION YEARS, I might have to give it a try ohhhhhh my godddddd