Stuck on round transitions — does anyone have a prompt that handles "soft" round breaks well?

My current game (a tap-timing thing) jumps straight from round to round with a hard cut. Feels jarring. I've tried two prompts to soften it and both broke something else.

What didn't work: • "Add a 2-second pause between rounds with a fade transition" → the score number disappeared during the fade and never came back • "Show a \"Round X of Y\" card for 1.5 seconds between rounds" → worked, but the timer started before the card finished, so players had no time to react

What I'm wondering: is there a prompt template for round transitions that doesn't step on the existing scoring/timing logic? Specifically I'm looking for: 1. A clear "round end" beat 2. A soft "next round" intro 3. Timer paused during both

Any builders with reusable patterns here?