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Bonus Round 1: Time and Place

Bonus Round 1: Time & Place

Who, when, and where? Send your favorite sports animanga characters to any time and place you want—but the filler decides what they do there.

This bonus round will close on June 29th, 2018 at 11:59PM PT. (Countdown Timer)

 

This Round is CLOSED, but is perpetually open to new Fills.


 

Rules

Submit prompts by commenting to this post with a time and place, along with any character/ship/group/etc. from one of our nominated fandoms. Your prompt can include characters from any animanga title regardless of your team affiliation.

  • Please format your prompt like so:
    TIME: [Time]
    PLACE: [Place]
  • The place can be any real or fictional location.
  • The time can be as specific or vague as you want.
  • Your prompt MUST include one or more specific nominated fandoms. Please do not prompt “Fandom: Any”.
  • If your prompt includes a relationship, make sure to use the proper notation. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Natsuo & Yuzuko). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Natsuo/Yuzuko). Feel free to add additional clarifications as needed.

Here are a few examples to get your creative juices flowing:

TIME: Victorian Era

PLACE: The catacombs of London

TIME: Monday morning

PLACE: The coffee shop down the street

TIME: The last pitch

PLACE: Koshien

TIME: June 16th, 2018 at 4:20 PM

PLACE: 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney

Fill prompts by replying to the prompt with your time and place-inspired fanwork.

Please make sure to adhere to the specific prompt/fill formats!!! Otherwise, the BR scorer may miss your fill. If you make a mistake, please edit your post, or delete and repost if editing has been disabled.

If Prompting

Please use the following subject line for prompt:

Prompt: [Your Team]

  • Replace [Your Team] with the name of the team you belong to. Nickname or Official Name are both acceptable

Copy/Paste the following into the body of your comment. Delete all instructional text in parentheses.

NSFW Prompts

EXPLICITLY NSFW PROMPTS must be posted to the After-Hours comm. To join, click here.

After joining, you will be able to access the AfterHours BR1 post.

“Explicitly NSFW” means that the prompt includes outright sexual content (whether in a photograph, drawing, or in words), and prompts that in the additional requests are asking for explicit fills. Prompts are posted with the same HTML format, in the same manner as a SFW prompt, just under the designated post for that Bonus Round in the After-Hours comm. See ‘Filling’ for the procedures for NSFW Fills.

If Filling

Minimums

Required Work Minimums:

  • 400 words (prose)

  • 400px by 400px (art)

  • 14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

Format

FILL: [Your Team], [Rating]

  • Replace [Your Team] with the name of the team you belong to. Nickname or Official Name are both acceptable
  • Replace [Rating] with the rating of your fill (G-E).
  • Find a guide to tagging HERE.
  • Copy/Paste the following into the body of your comment. Delete all instructional text in parentheses.

 

NSFW Fills

All NSFW fills MUST be posted in the corresponding Bonus Round post in the After Hours community. To join, click here.

After joining, you will be able to access the AfterHours BR1 post.

If filling a prompt that has been posted on the after-hours comm, simply reply to that prompt. If filling a SFW prompt, let the prompter know by replying to the original prompt on the main comm with a link to your fill on the corresponding after-hours Bonus Round Post. Please DO NOT use the Fill subject line or Fill header when cross-linking. This will cause the BR scorer to count your fill twice.

Scoring

The scoring for bonus rounds depends on the number of people (n) on your team. You’re welcome to make as many prompts and fills as you like!

For prompts: 5 points per prompt, limited to 5 times the number of team members (5n)

For fills, where (n) = number of members on you team:

  • First 5n fills: 20 points each
  • Fills 5n to 10n: 10 points each
  • Fills 10n to 15n: 5 points each
  • All fills after 15n: 2 points each

Confused? Don’t worry; math is hard. Check out the Bonus Round Point Widget to help you figure out the point scale for your team.

All scored content must be created new for this round.

Additional Information

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). We’ll also have a prompt/fill database up and running soon that will help you filter through BR posts.

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If you have any questions, feel free to contact a mod.


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Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] karasunovolleygays 2018-06-25 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Umemoto Sachiko/Kawakami Norifumi
Fandom: Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: none
Do Not Wants: breakups

Prompt:
TIME: their first dance
PLACE: somewhere chiche and adorable
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FILL: Team Daiya, G

[personal profile] kerrie13 2018-06-26 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Kawakami Norifumi/Umemoto Sachiko
Fandom: Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Pure fluff
Word Count: 822
Remix Permission: granted

I hope this was cliche enough lol I tried... <3 this pairing

***

Everything had to be perfect.


Unfortunately, with these sorts of things, Nori had learned the hard way that things were never perfect.   A hundred and one things could go wrong – bad luck, weather, his teammates sabotaging him.  Really, when looked at the whole idea with a shrewd eye, there were far more reasons not to try than to go through with it.


But he was determined.  There wasn’t much opportunity for romance at a boarding school, no way, really, to get out and go on a real date.  Thus, he felt like kind of a failure in that regard, since most of the time he spent with his girlfriend was in boring non-date places like the library or the practice fields.  Not romantic in the slightest.


She worked so hard to keep their relationship going, and to protect him from the worst of the teasing.  Their teammates teased him of course, but never to her face, since she could be terrifying when she wanted to be.  In truth, he appreciated her so much, and he wanted to show her.


So, he’d come up with this scheme, begged his best friend’s help, and bribed Kuramochi and Miyuki to keep the others out of the way.  They’d grinned at him in the most obnoxious ways, but they also apparently took some pity on him too, because when he arrived at the far end of the field, a bag of sweets he’d smuggled out of the dorm, his ipod and a speaker dock, the field was empty and the lights were off.  It was still pretty early, only eight o’clock and usually there were players practicing until at least nine or ten. 


His friends had come through for him.


It didn’t take him long to set everything up – in truth, there wasn’t much to set up.  He would have liked it to be fancier, but that was impossible.  Still, he hoped she appreciated the effort.


He had only just finished, straightening from where he was fiddling with the ipod and dock when he heard her solid steps moving towards him.  When he looked up, his eyes widened and his breath caught in his throat.  He could feel the heat creeping over his face at the sight of her.


She was wearing a dress.


Nori’s throat burned and his heart flipped over in his chest.  She was just so pretty.  She’d left her hair down too, and was wearing makeup and jewelry, and it all made him feel like the luckiest guy in the world.  “S-Sacchin,” he greeted, trying to discreetly wipe his hands on his pants.


“Nervous?” She replied, the grin he loved so much crossing her face.


Taking a deep breath, Nori managed a smile on his exhale and moved a little closer to her.  “Yeah… I wanted this to be… special.”


Sachiko stared at him a moment, before turning to look at the few things he’d brought, and at the general emptiness of the field.  “I’d say you already succeeded, not a person in sight.  I didn’t think it was possible,” she teased, shifting into his space, to take his wrists in hand.  “How’d you do it?”


“It wasn’t easy,” Nori replied, heart beating faster at her nearness.  “Or cheap… but sometimes Kazuya and Mochi come in handy.”


Laughing, Sachiko lifted herself onto her toes and kissed him, using the hold on his wrists for balance.  Nori blushed harder, but pressed a little harder, deepening the kiss the way he always wanted to when she was near.  She let him too, which made him sigh in hippies as they parted.


“I’m glad I dressed up then,” Sachiko said, smiling.  “What did you have in mind for the evening?”


Nori took a deep breath and smiled, stepping away from her briefly to crouch to turn on the small set of speakers.  Soft music, specially chosen, flowing into the night quietly.  He didn’t want to alert everyone to their presence, but it was loud enough for them to hear.  When he returned to his feet, he held out his hand.  “Dance with me?”


Sachiko looked surprised, but she didn’t hesitate to put her hand in his.  As he drew her closer though, he could see the delicate blush on her cheeks and it had his gut tightening.  She was his opposite that way – not shy in the least and always willing to throw herself into thing head first.  He liked the look on her, even though it matched his own.


The moment she was close enough, she lifted her arms and looped them around his neck, falling into the easy sway he had started.  She smiled up at him, even as his arms wrapped tightly around her waist.  “This is where you kiss me, in case you were wondering~”


Nori didn’t know how she always managed to surprise him, but she did.  Smiling sheepishly, Nori lowered his head and touched his lips to hers.  “Happily.”


Re: FILL: Team Daiya, G

[personal profile] kerrie13 - 2018-06-26 20:19 (UTC) - Expand
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Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] karasunovolleygays 2018-06-25 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Ushijima Wakatoshi/Iwaizumi Hajime
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: fur child parents
Do Not Wants: none

Prompt:
TIME: while arguing over small breed vs large breed
PLACE: the pound
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Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] karasunovolleygays 2018-06-25 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Sekizan Takuya
Fandom: All Out
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: none
Do Not Wants: none

Prompt:
TIME: that fateful first manifestation of That Hair
PLACE: the salon
babster: (seki)

Fill: Team Grandstand, G

[personal profile] babster 2018-06-27 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Sekizan Takuya (& OC)
Fandom: All Out!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: sekizan's poor hair choices
Word Count: 590
Remix Permission: yes!


***

It had all started so well, Yumiko thought mournfully.

All eyes in the salon were on the boy the moment he walked in. High school boys, especially ones that came alone, were a bit of a novelty at this salon, so of course Yumiko and the other girls would stare at this tall, broad-shouldered boy with the serious face. And then he introduced himself, and he was so self-consciously polite it was almost funny.

“Such a handsome boy,” Saki remarked, not quietly. The boy blushed, and Saki cooed, sending Yumiko and the other girls into a fit of giggles that had the boy turning even redder.

Mrs. Nakamura turned to glare, and they quieted down immediately.

“Now, you said you were here for some color?” Mrs. Nakamura led the boy over. “Don’t worry about the girls; they’ll get back to work in a moment. Yumiko here will take good care of you. Yumiko, this is Sekizan-kun; he would like to color his hair.”

“Good evening,” Yumiko smiled. Sekizan bowed. Now that he was closer, Yumiko could see his resemblance to his mother, who was a regular here. She’d mentioned she had a son. That must have been how he ended up here, in a salon that usually served housewives.

“Now,” said Yumiko when Sekizan settled into his chair. She draped a smock around him. “Do you know what you want done? Or are you just looking for a touch of color? I can help you if you’re not sure.”

“Thank you,” he replied. He looked down at his lap; Yumiko could see his hands twisting together under the smock fabric. He looked back up and met her gaze in the mirror. “I know what I want.”

Yumiko beamed. As much fun as it was making suggestions, it was always nice when a client knew what they wanted.

Then he explained, and she felt her smile fall.

“Very interesting,” she said. “Are you sure you wouldn’t prefer something else? I think if we lighten your hair and add some highlights, it would look very handsome, very natural.”

“No, thank you,” Sekizan replied, polite but firm. His expression said he would not be swayed.

Yumiko sighed.

“All right. I’ll get started, then.”

She tried talking to him as she worked, her usual small-talk adjusted for a high-schooler. His answers to her questions about school and girlfriends and weekend plans were polite but short, and Yumiko was starting to think it would be better if she quit while she was ahead and worked in silence, when she hit upon the right question.

“Do you play any sports?”

Sekizan’s eyes lit up.

“Yes!” He launched into a passionate explanation about rugby, which Yumiko only half-tracked. Still, it made the time pass more quickly, and by the time she took the foil out of his hair she understood far more about rugby than she had that morning.

“You’re sure you want me to curl them?” she checked, knowing the answer she would get but hoping anyway.

“Yes, please.”

Yumiko couldn’t bring herself to be proud of the end result, but she couldn’t help but smile at the look on Sekizan’s face when she showed him.

“It’s perfect,” he breathed, eyes bright. He turned his head from side to side, looking at the white curls that now decorated his hair. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” replied Yumiko.

It had all started out so well, but even if she didn’t precisely agree with the direction things went, the client was happy, and that would have to be enough.

Re: Fill: Team Grandstand, G

[personal profile] gionkenji - 2018-06-28 00:58 (UTC) - Expand

Re: Fill: Team Grandstand, G

[personal profile] babster - 2018-06-28 09:25 (UTC) - Expand
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Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] karasunovolleygays 2018-06-25 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Maruo Eiichirou/Takasaki Natsu
Fandom: Baby Steps
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: pls pick them
Do Not Wants: none

Prompt:
TIME: when someone else besides me watches this f**in anime after a match
PLACE: the tennis courts
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Re: Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] soup 2018-06-25 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
IM YELLING A BABY STEPS PROMPT THANK U I;LL BE BACK

FILL: Team Dead Senpais, G

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Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] karasunovolleygays 2018-06-25 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Kitaichi alumni
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: building bridges
Do Not Wants: none

Prompt:
TIME: after the Spring High in the trio's third year
PLACE: the curry place down the street
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Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] karasunovolleygays 2018-06-25 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Furuya Satoru/Miyuki Kazuya
Fandom: Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: Furuya notices things about Miyuki other people don't
Do Not Wants: unrequited love

Prompt:
TIME: after a game
PLACE: the mess hall where Miyuki is watching video
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FILL: Team Daiya, G

[personal profile] starrwinter 2018-06-30 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Furuya Satoru/Miyuki Kazuya
Fandom: Daiya no Ace
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 411
Remix Permission: Yes

The furumiyu feelings were strong tonight ❤️

***

It was hard to tell during the day but much easier under the low lights of the cafeteria to pick out the more subtle features on a handsome face, Miyuki far too invested in again watching a video of the team they would be facing the following day on the television screen to notice Furuya from across the quiet space.

Furuya could just trace the edge of a slightly red mark near Miyuki’s ear under his hairline – a birthmark that was only noticeable if you focused far too hard on seeing every subtle change and shift on the catcher’s face. Yet, Furuya had made it his own secret habit to learn all Miyuki’s secret features when he thought the catcher’s attention was turned away.

Like the four soft beauty marks scattered across his neck like secret stars (many legends saying this represented the number of times a person had been reincarnated and the knowledge gained from each). Furuya liking to believe they brought him his courage, charisma, twisted charm, and heart from each of their past bearers to dwell and shape Miyuki in some way.

The way Miyuki’s ears curved softly away from his face, letting him get away with any hairstyle he pleased (although Furuya loved his current one the most…)

And the way the catcher’s lips appeared so soft, never dry or cracked from always keeping a spare tube of chapstick or two in his various school and practice bags. ’I just can’t deal with being out in the weather all day behind a damn mask if chapped lips are distracting me…’ was his reply one day when Furuya inquired further, wishing to feel just how soft those lips would feel against his own…

“Furuya, quit lurking at the edge of the room and come sit down with me. You could use a review of the opposing team’s pitcher you’re facing tomorrow too, you know?” Miyuki snarked. Furuya taking his cue to cross the room and sit right at the catcher’s side.

Not surprised at all when Miyuki reached out to run slow circles against the palm of his hand as they observed the video across from them, feeling a chill run up his spine when Miyuki’s fingers circled against his pitching calluses.

Shocked even less still when the catcher leaned over to show him just how smooth those lips were with a gentle kiss – a fire only raging even brighter within Furuya’s heart when they parted.
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Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] karasunovolleygays 2018-06-25 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Yuuri Katsuki/Viktor Nikiforov
Fandom: Yuri on Ice
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: established relationship, shmoop
Do Not Wants: none

Prompt:
TIME: their fifth wedding anniversary
PLACE: in front of their bedroom mirror
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Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] karasunovolleygays 2018-06-25 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Daichi/Suga
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: major character death (not necessary but okay to use)
Additional Tags: Mr and Mrs Smith AU
Do Not Wants: feminine stereotype Suga

Prompt:
TIME: when they finally figure out who their targets are
PLACE: the genkan of their house
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Re: Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] notallbees 2018-06-25 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Do Not Wants: feminine stereotype Suga
please can we be friends

Re: Prompt: Team Kinkage

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Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] karasunovolleygays 2018-06-25 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Iwaizumi Hajime & Kageyama Tobio
Fandom: haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: dad Iwa and adopted son Tobio, autistic Tobio, familial bonding
Do Not Wants: Iwa acting like autism is an obstacle to overcome

Prompt:
TIME: Tobio's first day with his new dad
PLACE: his first bedroom of his own!
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Prompt: Team Kinkage

[personal profile] karasunovolleygays 2018-06-25 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Any
Fandom: Any
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: Tinder AU
Do Not Wants: one night stands

Prompt:
TIME: the first moment they see each other in person
PLACE: the busiest Starbucks ever
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PROMPT: Team T3

[personal profile] gurosan 2018-06-25 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Ashikiba Takuto/&Teshima Junta
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Additional Tags: either requited/unrequited is fine, NSFW/SFW is fine, I'm bad at this prompt style sorry OTL
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt:
TIME: a time of realization
PLACE: a place too far
Edited 2018-06-25 08:14 (UTC)
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PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[personal profile] wino 2018-06-25 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: aomine daiki/himuro tatsuya
Fandom: kuroko no basuke
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: we're prompting mariah carey mvs now
Do Not Wants: none

Prompt:
TIME: right before himuro says his vows
PLACE: in the aisle
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Prompt: Team Come @ Me Bro

[personal profile] ryekamasaki 2018-06-25 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Iwaizumi Hajime/Kyoutani Kentarou
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Additional Tags: Take it and run ;)
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt:
TIME: A summer sunset
PLACE: The tiny balcony of an apartment
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Fill: Team Grandstand, G

[personal profile] myn_x 2018-06-28 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: iwaizumi hajime/kyoutani kentarou
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: crushes, developing relationship, lots of casual touching with meaning, plant dad iwa
Word Count: 1640
Remix Permission: not for this one, sorry!

1) i love this pairing so so much and 2) i decided to make this about iwaizumi showing kyoutani his succulent garden and as if by fate this wonderful post showed up on my dash and here we are

also the succulents mentioned are based on my own :>

***

Iwaizumi's phone buzzes, and he wipes the dirt from one hand against his shorts to check the screen. As soon as he sees kohl-rimmed eyes staring up at him, he snatches the phone up to answer the call.

"Yo."

"Iwaizumi, help, I...I think I'm having an existential crisis?" Kyoutani says in a rush, with a slight panicked lilt at the end. "Is that what it's called?"

"Yes." Iwaizumi's heart stutters at the fear in his voice, but he doesn't wanna freak Kyoutani out more by freaking out with him, so he forces his voice to stay low and even. He glances at the sinking sun. "I know it's getting kinda late, but can you come over?"

Kyoutani doesn't even hesitate. "Sure, sure. I'll be right there."

The connection drops, and Iwaizumi steps from his balcony back into his apartment to wait for Kyoutani, repressing the urge to send him a million messages. He would drop everything and go to Kyoutani himself, but he doesn't want to risk making Kyoutani sit there and wait for him, if this is something serious.

Action of some kind has always been an effective remedy when Kyoutani is feeling too much at once.

Five minutes of pacing later, Iwaizumi pulls open his front door to an out-of-breath Kyoutani, who flings himself at Iwaizumi, throwing his arms around him before Iwaizumi can even gather his breath for a greeting. There isn’t even time for Iwaizumi to search those dark, shadowy eyes.

Too quickly he’s staggering backward, and he reaches up to hold Kyoutani to his chest, not minding the strength with which Kyoutani's fingers dig into his back as he anchors himself.

Iwaizumi awkwardly kicks the door shut behind Kyoutani, then maneuvers them into the apartment proper without letting him go. He raises one hand to run his fingers through the soft fuzz of Kyoutani’s buzzcut, which must remind Kyoutani of where he is and what he's doing, because he pulls back abruptly and rubs the back of his hand over his mouth in a poor attempt at hiding the pink on his cheeks.

Kyoutani averts his eyes, too, which is unlike him, but he doesn't pull away when Iwaizumi hooks their pinkies so he can lead them to his couch.

Once they're seated, just close enough that their legs brush each other with the slightest movement, Iwaizumi ruffles Kyoutani's hair again; his touch isn't heavy this time, but playful.

"So what's going on?"

Kyoutani stews for a moment before blurting, "It's just--why? Why am I alive? I'm not good for anything that's not destroying."

He stares down at his hands as he talks, crumpling them into angry fists.

"Hey. Hey," Iwaizumi says softly. He takes Kyoutani's hands in his and forces his fingers to relax, one by one, then traces circles into his palms with one fingertip, light enough that he can tell it tickles by the way Kyoutani's eyebrow twitches. "Enough of that."

Kyoutani looks at Iwaizumi sideways. "What are you doing."

"I need you to not talk about yourself like that, like you're some monster, okay? That's not who you are."

Kyoutani grumbles something unintelligible as he looks away, but he lets Iwaizumi draw invisible lines all over his hands and forearms, each touch growing in weight until Kyoutani can no longer bear the press of his fingers.

Iwaizumi doesn't pull away until he sees a muscle jumping in Kyoutani's jaw. He thinks for a moment, then asks, "Can I show you something?"

"Yeah, I guess."

Iwaizumi leads Kyoutani to his tiny balcony, gesturing for him to go out first.

With a guarded expression, Kyoutani slowly steps out onto the balcony and into the succulent garden Iwaizumi had been tending to when he’d received the call.

He'd been in the middle of repotting some of the individual plants into a single larger planter, setting aside some leaves that had popped off to bring inside. There had been a few pups, too, which he was planning to put back into the parents' pots once he got the others situated.

"I picked up a new hobby," Iwaizumi explains, suddenly sheepish. "What do you think?"

He lets Kyoutani take them all in, the different varieties of echeveria and the zebra haworthia and the bright green aloe plant all by itself in the corner, on top of a little table. The sunset filters down on them as if through amber- and rose quartz-colored glass, and it’s like they’ve entered a separate pocket of space and time.

Kyoutani stoops to look at a plant with a tight, dark cluster of leaves that are nearly black at the tips. "What's this one."

"That’s an echeveria called Black Prince."

At Kyoutani’s snort, Iwaizumi smiles wryly, already prepared for this exact response to the plants’ common names several times over.

“Did you name it that?” Kyoutani asks. It’s a murmur, at odds with his bark of a laugh, so low Iwaizumi can barely hear it.

He thinks I name the plants, Iwaizumi realizes. The warmth that swoops in his chest has nothing to do with the last few rays of sun that light the balcony.

“No, but it’s fitting, isn’t it?”

Kyoutani nods and points to another pot. “And this one.”

The plant’s tubular leaves look as if they’ve been coated with fine, white hairs. It’s one Iwaizumi hadn’t yet taken apart to grow into separate plants, so their dense leaves would have room to thrive.

“That’s Woolly Senecio, or a cocoon plant.”

“Oh,” is all Kyoutani says. He fingers the plant a little, then rubs his fingertips together, moving on to the next plant, and then the next one and the next.

“I don’t name them, but I do have favorites,” Iwaizumi says. He’s saved them for last.

There’s his cluster of jade plants, and then finally he introduces Kyoutani to his spiky aloe.

“This one here will be super useful when it’s fully matured. Aloe’s good for you, inside and out.”

Kyoutani looks up from the plant and back at Iwaizumi, licking his lips. “Is it?”

“Yeah,” Iwaizumi says after a pause. He’d been ready to spout off a bunch of facts about the health benefits of aloe, but with the way Kyoutani is looking at him, his expression open and so expectant, the words sit like lead on his tongue.

Kyoutani doesn’t break his gaze from Iwaizumi, who grows hotter in the face by the second. Does he sound too much like a proud plant parent, or some kind of oddball plant whisperer?

“Well. How do you take care of them?” Kyoutani asks.

Iwaizumi can’t help but stare, marveling at the seriousness in Kyoutani’s voice, and the quiet intensity with which he regards Iwaizumi as he speaks. He didn’t expect that Kyoutani would become so invested so quickly.

Kyoutani had taken all his plant talk in patiently and it had built up to this, the first inflected show of curiosity. It saves Iwaizumi, in a way. From saying something far stupider than a list of aloe’s medicinal properties.

Plants, please talk about the plants, not how cute you think he is, Hajime.

He has to swallow to get his heart out of his throat.

“Yeah, I was going to say...You asked why you’re alive. Well. I want you to pick one of the leaves, or an offsets --” Iwaizumi points to the row of baby plants -- “and you’re going to raise it.”

“Are you going to show me how, or do I have to figure it out myself?”

Iwaizumi frowns, smothering the urge to shake Kyoutani. “Listen, have I ever been the one to make you figure stuff out for yourself?”

When Kyoutani doesn’t answer -- he just hums and inspects one of the plants -- Iwaizumi says, “Alrighty then, pay attention.”

The balcony is too tiny to move without them bumping into each other, which is it’s own distraction, but Iwaizumi shows Kyoutani how to make a hole and place the plant inside, then how to cover the roots with more dirt. He lets Kyoutani arrange the succulents how he wants, and as they transplant them they stack the containers and push them out of the way.

"And you have to be careful not to overwater them,” Iwaizumi explains, sprinkling just the dirt around the plants, careful to avoid their leaves. “It’s easy to think they need just as much water as regular plants, but they’re sturdy little things.”

Kyoutani nods, and they keep working, long after the sun has set and Iwaizumi has to flick the balcony light on.

And as they work, Iwaizumi explains how to get a new plant from one of the leaves he popped off. He goes through all the dos and don'ts and every trick in the book for successful propagation. Kyoutani listens intently, nodding and grunting here and there as Iwaizumi talks.

Kyoutani ends up choosing to grow a Black Prince.

“That one will have different coloring than the original plant,” Iwaizumi says, putting the leaf in a tiny plant. “Let it callus over, then we can go from there.”

By the time they finish, they’re both sweaty and covered in sandy dirt. They slump next to each other facing the balcony railing, looking out onto the city below.

“I’ll admit, a lot of this is trial and error,” Iwaizumi says quietly. “You gotta find what works.”

“So,” Kyoutani says. “You’re helping me by giving me a baby plant that may or may not make it.”

“You’re missing the point of my lesson.” Iwaizumi groans. He flips Kyoutani’s hand over and presses their dirty palms together, unable to repress the shiver at the gritty friction. “You have gentle hands, Kyoutani. It will survive.”

Kyoutani doesn’t answer. But he leans over to rest his head on Iwaizumi’s shoulder, squeezing his hand in a silent thank you.

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Prompt: Team Grandstand

[personal profile] lacksley 2018-06-25 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: any
Fandom: Oofuri, Free!, Yowapeda, Slam Dunk, Keijo!!!!!!!!, Baby Steps, Tenipuri, Teppu, any
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: sweaty hot or sweaty gross? you decide, inspired by real life events
Do Not Wants: incest, bullying

Prompt:
TIME: when the unbelievably sweaty person sitting next to you decides to break out the deodorant
PLACE: math class
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Prompt: Team 29 Balls and a Bucket to the Face

[personal profile] keekssteven 2018-06-25 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Kuroo/Oikawa
Fandom: Haikyuu
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: none
Do Not Wants: none

Prompt:
TIME: Medieval Era
PLACE: Wherever


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PROMPT: Team Victuuri

[personal profile] viktorlovesyuuri 2018-06-26 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Konoha Akinori &/ Semi Eita
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: college au
Do Not Wants: A/B/O

Prompt:
TIME: during a thunderstorm
PLACE: in their room
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Re: PROMPT: Team Victuuri

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I LICKED IT IT'S MINE

FILL: Team Sowlmates, T

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PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[personal profile] myn_x 2018-06-26 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: kuroo tetsurou/sugawara koushi
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: college au, kuroo being a dork is 100% acceptable and welcome (as is nsfw, if you so choose)
Do Not Wants: the limit does not exist

Prompt:
TIME: after their first date
PLACE: kuroo's dorm
Edited 2018-06-26 03:38 (UTC)
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Re: PROMPT: Team Grandstand

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Filled! on Afterhours here.
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PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[personal profile] myn_x 2018-06-26 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: azumane asahi/sugawara koushi
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: college au, whomst is the cute barista, is it suga or asahi
Do Not Wants: the limit does not exist

Prompt:
TIME: t-minus 10 seconds until A spills a drink
PLACE: the cafe B works at
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Re: PROMPT: Team Grandstand

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this sounds so cute aaa

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FILL: Team Haikyuu, G

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FILL: Team Come @ Me Bro, G

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PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[personal profile] myn_x 2018-06-26 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: akaashi keiji/sugawara koushi
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: college au
Do Not Wants: the limit does not exist

Prompt:
TIME: during their study date
PLACE: the library
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PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[personal profile] myn_x 2018-06-26 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: nishinoya yuu/sugawara koushi
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: college au, reunions ayyyyyy
Do Not Wants: the limit does not exist

Prompt:
TIME: after noya and suga bump into each other
PLACE: on the ground
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PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[personal profile] myn_x 2018-06-26 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: kuroo tetsurou/sawamura daichi/sugawara koushi
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: college au, d a n c i n g, nsfw welcome
Do Not Wants: the limit does not exist

Prompt:
TIME: when ~their~ song comes on
PLACE: their (bed)room

Edited 2018-06-26 03:50 (UTC)
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FILL: Team KinKage, G

[personal profile] diecrotic 2018-06-27 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: kuroo/daichi/suga
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: college au, they dance as best they can, they tried and so did i
Word Count: 830
Remix Permission: sure!

um i picked a song =v=

***

Sometimes the best things can come during the worst of moments, someone Tetsurou can’t quite remember once said, and he believes in that firmly. Which is why when he turns on the radio for a bit of background tunes to accompany his gruelling, completely unromantic in-bed Finals study session with Suga and Daichi (though there are plenty of other things he’d honestly love to do in bed with them right now) and the room is immediately filled with the melody of their song, he lights up like his head isn’t swimming in foreign terms and numbers.

“Hey!” Suga cries immediately, propping himself up on his elbows and beaming at the radio.

“‘Unbelievers’,” Daichi says, sitting up, the beginnings of a very jovial smile already on his face. “Wow, I haven’t heard this play on the radio in a long time.”

“I know, right?” Tetsurou says. “The last time was...well, that time.”

“That special time,” Suga coos, and as if energized by the sheer recollection of the day they decided to throw all caution to the wind, all rules out the window, and stay together, he rises and gets off the bed. “It’s fate! That just means we have to dance.”

Daichi and Tetsurou exchange glances. “Uh,” Daichi says, “I’m fine with it, but...how do we dance with the three of us?”

“Oh.” Suga hums for only a brief moment. “We can take turns?”

“What? No!” Tetsurou protests. “That’s not fair.”

“That’s, like, the epitome of fair.”

“No, I mean, if I’m gonna dance, I want to dance with the two of you at the same time,” Tetsurou explains. “That’s how boyfriends are supposed to dance. It’s just that I have no idea how to do that without us looking like we’re just group hugging, or playing Ring Around the Rosie.”

He supposes the mental image is rather funny, and so he smiles when Suga and Daichi both burst into fits of laughter. Tetsurou almost wants to grab them right then and there and get that group hug started.

“I don’t know about you,” Suga says once his giggling subsides, “but both of those sound pretty good to me.”

“Are you serious?” Tetsurou asks, but Suga is already hauling him and Daichi onto the bedroom floor, his foot already tapping the wood and his head rhythmically bobbing to the upbeat drumming in the song.

“Yeah, come on, group hug!”

He wraps an arm around each of them, pulling them close enough to rest their chins on his shoulders, and both Tetsurou and Daichi can do nothing but comply, smile as they position their hands as well, one wrapped around each other’s backs and the other reaching behind Suga’s and linking there. Suga feebly moves their joint form from side to side, and when they’re all mimicking the action they find themselves in the middle of a sway. A little odd, but working just the same.

“See?” Suga croons. “This is good, right?”

“I mean, I guess,” Tetsurou says with a chuckle, while Daichi beside him outright laughs.

Without words, they try to spin and somehow that works too, Daichi’s laughter only getting louder and louder the more they manage to move despite the compromising position. Tetsurou himself smiles all the while, feels Suga’s shoulders bouncing in time with the music and his hold getting tighter.

Okay, that’s a little uncomfortable. “Uh, Suga? Suga. You’re crushing my neck.”

“Oh, sorry! Wait, did I just hit something? I can’t see my feet.”

“They just stepped on mine, in case you want to know,” Daichi supplies.

“Oh no, I’m so sorry! WHOA!”

They tip over the edge of the bed and fall on top of it right as another chorus plays, a pile of massive and tangled bodies crushing text books and pillows and one another, and when he hears a pencil underneath him crack, Tetsurou doesn’t bother holding back his loud laughter. And if he does say so himself, the sound mixed with Suga’s and Daichi’s combined makes a melody just as beautiful as the song’s on the radio. Album-worthy.

“Ohh my god,” Daichi says, a tad breathlessly, “I love you two.”

“Love you too,” Tetsurou and Suga echo, before locking gazes and grinning. “You too.”

“Should we try Ring Around the Rosie next?” Suga asks.

“Absolutely not. We have exams tomorrow,” Tetsurou says.

Their chorus of groans doesn’t sound half bad either, and neither does the silence that they enter once they’ve retrieved their notes and textbooks and resumed their much overdue studying. But really, every moment spent with these two, Tetsurou thinks, has the makings of a grand and catchy tune worthy of a spontaneous dance, no matter how sloppily-choreographed. He knows he’s going to enjoy the hell out of it either way.

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PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[personal profile] myn_x 2018-06-26 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: ushijima wakatoshi/sugawara koushi/tsukishima kei
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: none
Do Not Wants: the limit does not exist

Prompt:
TIME: bright and early, tsukishima's least favorite time
PLACE: their bed


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PROMPT: TEAM SOWLMATES

[personal profile] strangexwaters 2018-06-26 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Kagami Taiga & Toilet-chan
Fandom: KnB
Major Tags: None
Additional Tags: listen i'd say i'm sorry but i'd be lying, just a boy and his thoughts and his toilet
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt:
TIME: after getting home from eating copious amounts of free steak
PLACE: the bathroom
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Prompt: Team Haikyuu

[personal profile] scardolphin 2018-06-26 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Kuroko/Akashi
Fandom: Kuroko no Basket
Major Tags: none
Additional Tags: none
Do Not Wants: none

Prompt:
TIME: Monday morning
PLACE: The park
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Prompt: Team Grandstand

[personal profile] artenon 2018-06-26 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Ship/Character: Ushijima Wakatoshi &/ Oikawa Tooru OR &/ Hinata Shouyou OR & anyone from Shiratorizawa
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: None
Additional Tags: based on real events
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt:
TIME: right after ushijima sees a beautiful display of perfectly round fruits or vegetables
PLACE: at the local farmer's market

bonus points if he says "this pleases me greatly."
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Re: Prompt: Team Grandstand

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i was born to read this prompt

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