YURI SHIPPING OLYMPICS 2024 - BONUS ROUND 4

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for this bonus round, the theme is historical fiction! prompts inspired by specific moments in (real or fictional) history.

this round will end on july 15th

Fills can be in any format, and you can fill your teammates prompts, but you cannot fill your own prompt.

You can post as many fills and as many prompts as you want!

for your prompt post title, please use the following format:

PROMPT: TEAM [TEAM NAME]

for your fill post title, please use the following format:

FILL: TEAM [TEAM NAME]

POINTS - BONUS ROUNDS
For prompts: 10 points each (maximum of 150 prompt points per team per round)
For fills:
First 4 fills by any member of your team: 100 points each
Fills 5-10: 50 points each
Fills 11-20: 40 points each
Fills 21-50: 30 points each
Fills 51+: 25 points each

Comments

FILL: TEAM CATRADORA

[asaphida]

Words: 570
Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
Ship: Adora/Catra
(thank you for introducing me to the concept of pirate yuri, it's everything)

Adora almost doesn't recognize her amongst the smoke. A pisol's flash illuminates her silhouette enough to make out her ears, tail, ducked offensive pose. Adora's never seen anyone else like Catra, at sea or on land.

Her staff clashes with Adora's sword. "Catra," Adora says, "it's me."

Catra swings the staff again, hitting the blocking sword hard enough to make Adora step back. She snaps, "Strangers call me Wildcat."

They've never been strangers before. Catra was the name that echoed in Adora's head every day when she secured the lines, laid traps for rats in the corners of the ship, tried to sleep. It's the name carved deep in her bones.

Adora's next step brings her closer to the railing. All of her training screams for her to strike back. She doesn't trust her burgeoning healing magic enough to risk it. "I - I don't want to fight, let's just-"

When Catra's staff hits the sword, the vibrations sent up the blade make Adora's teeth rattle. "It's too late to talk," Catra says, rough with rage. "You said enough when you left."

"I didn't - I wanted you to come with me. Shadow Weaver said you hadn't proven-"

"I stabbed that bitch to death in her cabin." Catra grins at the shock that must be across Adora's face. "You have gone soft. How does succession work in the Alliance? Do you have a sing-off?"

Mara handed power off to Adora with a ceremony and a sword, just off-shore of the island where she intended to live out her retirement with the woman she married on deck. Adora was the commander of the She-Ra now.

Adora says, "We were supposed to be co-captains, remember?"

Co-captains was the closest word Adora had for what she wanted, then. They'd spent long nights keeping watch in the rigging, or swabbing the deck side by side, or slipping into each other's hammocks after all the lanterns had guttered. Growing up on the Black Garnet, affection wasn't allowed. But touch was quiet, and the ship was full of dark corners.

"We promised," Adora says. "You take care of me, and I take care of-"

Catra's blow drives her closer to the edge, and Adora had to swing back to keep from going overboard. Catra's pointed teeth bare past her upheld staff. "I'm not the fucking rat-catcher anymore." Her voice twists and snarls. "This is my ship. My crew. I don't have to share the plunder with you."

"I've never wanted plunder," Adora says, and from the mingled anger and pain on Catra's face, she knows what Adora does want.

Bow is shouting that they need to retreat. On any other ship, Adora would have called it by now. She's putting herself, her ship, her crew at risk by dragging this out any further. "Come with me," Adora says. "Please."

Catra's always been faster than her. She's at Adora's throat in an instant, one hand fisted in her shirt, one poised with claws next to her face. "I don't want to leave," she spits, jagged and halting. "Shadow Weaver's dead, and I'm a better captain than you would've ever been. I don't need you, and I never have."

Adora knows what Catra sounds like when she lies. Adora reaches up to take the hand by her face, to try again, but Catra releases her shirt and melts into the smoky deck before Adora can say I need you too.

Re: FILL: TEAM CATRADORA

[miyukitty]

ohh i love it!! nice nice nice >:D that shadow weaver bit omg catra

Re: FILL: TEAM CATRADORA

[asaphida]

thank you! this is legit take 2 bc take 1 was getting too long and I wasn't going to finish on time, so I have a pirate wip to revisit after yso. I'd never thought to play in that sandbox before and it's so much fun. thanks for that too!