So I was at Fanime and there was this awesome panel named "Fanfiction Chopped". Basically during the hour all of us had three weird prompts and had to write a fanfiction including every ingredient in the time limit, ten minutes. There wasn't time to be an actual competition or to even share our stuff to the others, so I decided to post it here!
Please excuse the hasty writing and possible random inclusions. It was hard to meet the requirements. I fixed a few spelling and grammar errors so hopefully those are all gone.
Couples include: Tsugaru/Psyche, Roppi/Tsuki, and Delic/Hibiya.
Appetizer
Prompt: duck-tape, box marked fragile, evacuation, and a phobia.
Psyche started hyperventilating as Tsugaru calmly pulled him through the crowd. "You're sure Iza-nii and Shizu-chan are waiting for us?" he asked nervously.
"They promised they would," Tsugaru answered. "We're important to them, remember?"
"But that doesn't mean we can't be replaced!" Psyche pointed out.
"It was just a box," Tsugaru tried to calm him. The crowd started pressing in around them. "All it said was 'fragile'. It's probably nothing."
Psyche nodded but shoved up against him. "I don't want to die," he mumbled.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" a scream pierced the crowd.
Psyche and several others jumped and looked around.
"GET IT AWAY!" the woman continued. "Fucking SPIDER!"
"Just keep going," Tsugaru sighed in relief. "They're evacuating us not too far from here."
The screams continued and Psyche remembered finding the box that led to this. It was small and marked fragile, but was completely abandoned. He was curious so removed the duck-tape keeping it closed. He leaned closer and heard ticking.
"If I hadn't removed the duck-tape," Psyched whimpered.
The screaming continued as he wallowed in hindsight bias.
So not my best fic, but in 10 minutes with little preparation so it's acceptable. Also I don't know how to write a phobia. I can do fear, especially of spiders or falling, but phobias are so intense I just don't know how best to write them.
