Yuri on Ice Daily Fanfiction Recs!

Hello, anon, unfortunately I have been too preoccupied as of late to peruse the yoi tag in-depth for any fics to rec on this blog. I am sorry to say that I will have to direct you to this post, in hopes that you will be able to find the fics of your dreams, as I am extremely busy. 

It may not seem so, but it does take me anywhere from an hour to three to compile just a reclist of five just because of my high standards for fanfiction, so I have full faith that it will take less time for you to find fics to your particular liking, anon. 

Hi! I know the au that you’re talking about, it’s one of the earlier popular fanfiction trends that cropped up in in the fandom. It was inspired by @aina-p​‘s art post series, and they compiled a list of all fics based off their au for easy searching. Here’s the tag on their blog. 

By “ensemble cast fics”, I read this as fics which feature multiple viewpoints/focus on more characters than the main trio. I hope that’s what you were looking for.

1) Live, Love, Feel and know that today by MaraSenpai1997 || Rated T, 22k

No matter how hard he tries, it seems that Phichit ‘I opened a French bakery in the same street as yours’ Chulanont didn’t take their rivalry seriously. Maybe Seung-gil was growing soft, maybe Chulanont was immune to his glare or he was an actual wizard. Nonetheless, Seung-gil would never, ever, tolerate Phi- Chulanont existence. (He fails miserably.)

2) A Share of Joy and Sorrow by bluegeekEM || Rated T, 10.5k (WIP)

For reasons that completely escape him, people seem to be drawn to trust Yuuri. It’s been this way for as long as he can remember, and at this point he has learned to just smile, nod, and occasionally blackmail a warm drink from whomever is sharing their deepest, darkest, or silliest secrets with him that day.

3) The Virtue of Sin by DefiantDreams || Rated M, 5k (WIP)

When Yuuri comes home to 7 demons, each embodying the 7 Deadly Sins, it’s honestly the least of his worries.

Surprisingly, they help him get back on his feet, succeed in his career and get the man of his dreams.

(But, as with anything, there is a price.)

4) The Triple Lutz Job by FullmetalChords || Rated T, 23.3k (WIP)

Backed by the world's foremost hackers, grifters, and thieves, Victor Nikiforov works the other side of the law to fight against injustice on behalf of the underprivileged.

When a woman asks for his help in retrieving stolen government data, Victor and his team infiltrate a local figure skating competition in order to take down a corrupt CEO. But beneath the ice's frigid beauty lurk many perilous secrets that may be more than even the world's greatest thieves can handle.

5) don't want to be lonely (just want to be yours) by Linisy || Rated E, 20.6kk (WIP)

This time the flesh and blood Yuuri wasn't around to distract him, and he watched the video intently, hypnotized by the swing of Yuuri’s hips, the look in his eyes that burned with intensity and the strong, confident line of his shoulders. Yuuri was, as always, breathtaking.

Victor remembered their first meeting well. Yuuri was the last member to join the group. He was soft spoken, and he stood as if he were trying to make himself smaller, shoulders drawn inward, head tilted toward the ground, glasses slipping off his nose. Victor was surprised to hear that he was the second oldest behind Victor himself.

Everything changed the first time he saw him dance.-Vitya, Katsu, Yura, Beka and Chu make up the top idol group SVD. They've been through hell together, living in their tiny dorm and working toward the day they'd finally hit it big.That day has finally come, but sometime over the course of the past three years, Victor has fallen in love with Yuuri Katsuki.

6)Don't You Know That's the Way Love Comes? by ken_ichijouji (dommific) || Rated G, 15.2k (WIP)

Deputy Director of the Parks Department Victor Nikiforov gets the surprise of his life when the city government gets a visit from a pair of auditors.

1. Nikiforov's Law by LavenderProse || Rated T, 8.1k

“I’m a garbage monster,” Yuuri tells Phichit, staring at Viktor through the glass walls of the lab. Viktor has not been in the same room with him since what the denizens of the lab are now calling The Belle Isle Incident. “He looks at me and he thinks dumpster decomp and swamp. I hate my life.” “You’re a very pretty garbage monster,” says Phichit, watching a centrifuge work. “A garbage monster he wants to fuck.”

Yuuri Katsuki is a dime a dozen CSI with the Detroit Crime Lab who has never had a conversation with Detective Viktor Nikiforov that did not end in disaster. He's beginning to think that the entire universe is conspiring to make him a fool in front of handsome blond detectives. The universe is doing nothing to prove him wrong.

this is h i l a r i o u s please read it if you haven’t. 

2. Coming Home Again by carafin || Rated T, 10.2k

Yuuri, given to periodic bouts of paranoia, would often wonder if Viktor is, in fact, a Russian drug lord on the loose, seeking refuge in a nondescript town in America. This would explain a manner of things: his evasiveness whenever probed about his job; the way he’d unpredictably throw out incisive, thoughtful commentary about the morning news over breakfast; his expensive tastes in shirts, watches, and wallets alike; why he’d want to stay here with Yuuri, of all places, when the contents his wardrobe alone could probably afford him a year-long stay at any condominium of his choice in the trendiest part of town.

And then he goes on to discover that Viktor actually has a premium account on club penguin, and that his five penguins are named Peanut Wigglebutt, Luke skyhopper, Zing Zing, Otto Von Longdong, and Mooshoo Vegetable, and beats the idea to death in his head.

I... might be back? Definitely not daily, though.

1. Confidential Information by Adrianna99 || Rated M, 12.2k (WIP)

Yuuri never imagined that being able to figure skate would be useful for his job at Interpol. He was very, very wrong.

Viktor Nikiforov, as a famous athlete popular in the public eye, has received threats before. There are very few he takes seriously. However, as more secrets are uncovered and nothing is as it appears, the stakes rise until it becomes clear that there may not be a way to save him this time.

This has a lot of promise as an undercover bodyguard au! I’m very interested into how the plot will play out, and how Yuuri will develop. The author has done quite nicely in setting up his character in this, and I definitely look forward to the next chapter. The Interpol aspect and the setup is quite believable, too.

2. Live, Love, Feel and know that today by MaraSenpai1997 || Rated T, 22k

No matter how hard he tries, it seems that Phichit 'I opened a French bakery in the same street as yours' Chulanont didn't take their rivalry seriously. Maybe Seung-gil was growing soft, maybe Chulanont was immune to his glare or he was an actual wizard. Nonetheless, Seung-gil would never, ever, tolerate Phi- Chulanont existence. (He fails miserably.)

Still of the opinion that there can never be enough seungchuchu. A very long oneshot with pleasant worldbuilding with everyone as shop owners on the same street, with delightful interactions between Seung-gil and other characters. It’s quite cute, and the buildup takes awhile but is very nice to read. The little details like how Yuri runs a pet shop that Seung-gil occasionally dogwalks for make this story somewhat endearing to me.

3. La Dolce Vitya by Skowronek || Rated T, 12.2k (WIP)

Yuuri Katsuki is an aspiring film director and a walking human deadline who somehow ends up paying an artistic tribute to the greatest actor of their generation and his not-so-secret celebrity crush, Victor Nikiforov.

Things go downhill from there.

Haven’t been reading much because hiatus from fandom in general, but here’s what I have read since I went on hiatus.

- Generally everything that came out from this Shifty Skater Fic Exchange was quality, didn’t make me want to gouge my eyes out, and very fun. 

1.  questo calice di vino by damnslippyplanet || 2.7k, Rated T

Yuuri feels like he should remember this. Surely there’s some missing piece that would help him understand how he could possibly have gotten from “drooling over Victor’s forearms” to “boring him senseless with Yuuri’s stupid ideas for his stupid seminar paper about a serial killer who’ll probably get caught before Yuuri even takes the profiling seminar.”

No memory is forthcoming to help him out.

“You found a man like that,” Yurio says, waving a spoon accusingly at Yuuri. “ And you dirty-talked at him for two hours about murder. You have the worst game I have ever seen and you are never going to have sex again.”

“But we love you and it’s fine,” Phichit cuts in. He’s very loyal. Yuuri loves him, when he doesn’t want to stab him.

This is short, and sets up to the promise of a much larger plot, but it’s the first part of a series, so I have really high fucking hopes for it. Characterization is absolutely fucking lovely and I love how the writer cast yoi characters in certain roles. *cries at finally finding a quality hannibal/yoi au* 

2.  All the Lonely People by Orchids_and_Fictional_Cities || 11.3k, Rated E

Viktor Nikiforov, a young priest from the Moscow Patriarchate, is exiled to a sleepy seaside town in Japan. There, he soon learns that one of her citizens is hiding a terrible secret - and that he is not the only one who has strayed from the Divine.

Mind the tags, this is basically the staple priest/blasphemy fic that every fandom has. The buildup was great, the epistolary bit cleverly used to show insight into Victor’s past, and it was a thrill to read. I was cackling quite a lot through it. 

3.  Stranger Things by xylophones || 6.7k, Rated T

Viktor laughs. “You’re not, like, a cult leader or something right?” “Um.” Yuuri winces. “N-Not the leader, no.” Viktor stops laughing. (Or: There’s something living underneath the university, something dark and hungry and ancient.)

Honestly everything in this Monster Week 2017 series that the author wrote was novel and super fun to read. I recommend the entire series. This fic in particular had great setup for the various developments, and I found myself rereading it a few times because it was just that enjoyable. 

4.  Long Time the Manxome Foe He Sought by cryingoverspilledvodka  || Rated M, 18.2k

‘You never eat anything.'

‘That's not true,’ Yuuri replies, hearing how defensive he sounds and not being able to stop it. ‘I eat all the time. You know I do.’

—

Yuuri has everything he’s ever wanted. Victor loves him. And Yuuri loves Victor. More than almost anything.

Mind the tags on this one, please. I didn’t particularly love this fic, so to say, because when I read this I empathized with Yuuri a lot and it wasn’t pleasant. Rather, I’d say that I’m in awe of this fic, because the author very effectively portrayed the issues addressed in this fic in a way that made me pause several times to just digest what I’d read. It was hard to get into at first, but eventually I found myself being carried through Yuuri’s struggles and torn between siding with him despite his behavior and those around him. It’s a heavy read, not a light bedtime story. 

Highly recommend because the portrayal is just... really good. It’s honestly just really goddamned good. 

5.  April Ashes by Eupheno || Rated M, 8.3k

A hundred years ago, Yuri's ancestor burned his estate down to its very foundations. It has stood empty ever since—until he and Mila decide to investigate, against all odds, the reason behind the fire. A mysterious diary may provide the clues they need.

But some things are better left forgotten.

Want some horror/creepy things? Read this. It did not go where I was expecting, and I was delighted because of that. 

6.  actually i'm a catastrophe by slightlied || Rated T, 8.8k

Seunggil thought he knew himself best, but it turns out Phichit Chulanont might know him a little bit better.

In which Phichit helps Seunggil run for student body president, and some promises are made, and some promises are, well, prom.

I’m frankly of the opinion that there’s never enough seungchuchu in this fandom, and this fic gets their dynamic developing in a way that is absolutely delightful to read. Seung-gil’s character is very nicely portrayed in this, and his friendship with JJ and Isabella lovely and hilarious, not to mention the priceless interactions he has with Phichit that build up the fic to a promsitively satisfying ending.

7. Fated by maydei || Rated M, 42.8k (WIP)

One Fighter. One Sacrifice. One unit, one team, bound by a name written on their bodies. It’s a mark that distinguishes them from others, and to each other, for the purpose of engaging in magical combat.

The idea is a noose tied with red thread, but a name cannot be denied. It simply is, and simply will be. Against all alliances and all reason, there is no fighting a name—

—unless you don’t have one.

A Loveless AU.

All I have to say is 1) you don’t need to know what Loveless at all to enjoy this fic, because the author has smoothly integrated any questions you could have about the world into the story and the plot of the fic doesn’t rely heavily on knowledge of the plot of Loveless to understand what’s happening 2) go forth and read it if you haven’t and you enjoy soulmates and magical combat.

8.  Saltwater Melodies by LinneaKou || Rated T, 19.4k (WIP)

Mila looked back and forth at both of them, mouth flapping silently. “How?” she finally asked.

“We have no idea,” Viktor said. “Probably magic.”

“Magic is not real,” Chris sputtered.

“Sure looks real to me,” Yuri said.

~

After falling into a magical lagoon during a once-in-a-lifetime eclipse, music students Viktor, Mila, and Yuri find themselves transforming into merfolk whenever they touch water... and considering that they live on the coast, that's probably going to cause some trouble. Things get even weirder when they discover strange powers that may have bigger effects on their daily lives than they could ever imagine.

Add to the mix a thalassophobic pianist, a marine biologist (possibly cryptozoologist) who might actually be completely insane, and a treasure-hunting Canadian... one thing's for sure: their lives sure just got a whole lot more interesting.

Honestly can I just punt all of you over to the author’s page itself, because everything that they’ve written that I’ve read thus far has been solidly enjoyable and I’ve recced a few before. Their strange beasts (Hopeless Wanderer) series is wonderful and perfectly feels-y and if you haven’t read it, get off my blog until you do because it’s just. It’s that damn good. 

As of 9.2.17 these fics are all works in progress. I’m subscribed to all of them, and each update brings me joy.

The Power of Love by kiaronna

"Be My Sex Coach, Victor!" by lucycamui 

Undiscovered Country by shysweetthing

the fall of this empire will be loud by elesssar

Bottle Me Your Smile by Ncj700

Zanka by rinsled05

This Isn't a Fairytale so Be My Hero, Cinderella by hinatella

we'll always have paris by spookyfoot

seek those who fan your flames by ebenroot

we are lost, but we are not gone by persephoneggsy

Assassin's Tango by MEIXIU

Heel Sit Stay by neck_romancer

Driving Mr. Katsuki by CullinanKatsudon

Here’s some authors that I follow that I rely on for quality shit, in no particular order: 

counterheist 

ebenroot

sixpences

seventhstar

spookyfoot

DefiantDreams

persephoneggsy

kiaronna

wingchestr

rougeandtonic

aeriamamaduck

forochel

alykapedia

lucycamui

cuttlemefish

cutthroatpixie

MEIXIU

Unfortunately, due to college being a pain in the ass, and some recent fandom experiences, I’m going to be going on hiatus. I considered passing this blog to another mod, but at the risk of sounding smarmy, I don’t have a lot of faith in people at the moment. 

Reading for yoi has... lost some of its joy for me. 

I might upload lists on an infrequent basis, and here are some WIPs that I’m following and some authors that I can rely on to produce enjoyable content so that all my followers that have stuck with me will still have fics and authors to fill your reading lists in the meantime. 

Here’s the rest of the backlog

1. married for the money by savedbythenotepad || Rated M, 17.4k (WIP)

Yuuri never expected that a wild night out would land him in the same bed as The Viktor Nikiforov. He also never expected to have his life turned upside by a single golden band placed on his ring finger.

Too bad he didn't remember the wedding.

cliche premise, but the fic is still building up to its first major event. I think it has promise, and I’m subscribed. 

2. desserts is stressed spelled backwards by thishasbeencary || Rated T, 11.5k

Viktor was an insomniac who was lured to the door of his mysterious neighbor who liked to bake at night. One night, when Viktor took his dog out for a walk, he smelled cookies and left a note on his neighbor’s door saying how good it smelled...

cute! Gets to the point, and is just a really cute fic for when you want some fluff. 

3. despite what you've been told by caseyvalhalla || Rated T, 14k

When Victor falls, he goes down hard.

Introspective Victor fic that hits so many good notes. I don’t know what to say other than this was wholly worth the time it took to read it.

4. Human by Choice by lily_winterwood || Rated M, 21.8k (WIP)

When the body of emerging indie director Emil Nekola washes up near the small Oregon town of Quad Axels, FBI Special Agent Yuuri Katsuki is called in to investigate. But as he uncovers more and more of the town's dark secrets, he realises that there are bigger forces at play than previously suspected.

After all, still waters run deep, and when you are haunted by your past, you will see ghosts at every turn.

all of this is from my backlog. Will post the rest tomorrow.

1. Gambles of the Heart by AnotherStoryMustBegin || Rated T, 2.3k (WIP)

After losing a bet, Victor is not allowed to ask anyone out on a date for a whole month. Meeting Yuuri Katsuki shortly afterwards definitely isn't going to make matters any easier...

RIP Victor. Off to a good start, it’s a promising-looking romcom-esque fic!

2. the fist is a weapon the size of a heart by theinfamouswordsmith || Rated M, 3.1k (WIP)

Sara thought about shooting Viktor Nikiforov right between the eyes. He didn’t even have any bodyguards, just a little girl, or maybe a boy, dressed in all black like make-shift armor and flicking a straight razor in and out. He was outnumbered. She could end this right here, had her hand on her gun already, pulling back the hammer, ready to fire.

The girl met her stare, blue eyes huge and piercing, and Sara felt like she’d been frozen.

--

Sara Crispino is the daughter of the most powerful man in Italy.

When she watches her father submit his empire to a young upstart from Russia, she makes herself a promise: that the first chance she gets, she will kill Viktor Nikiforov and Mila Babicheva.

saramila mafia au, this is off to a good start as well. it has an episodic sort of feel, and even though it’s slated to be only three chapters long, it has me curious and looking forward to how their dynamic in this au plays out, since it starts off quite hostile.

3. Dear Prime Minister series by tezuzuzu

Yakov scoffs in response. “If you want a new coach, I’m sure he’ll help you. In fact, I’m pretty sure that idiot would give you the world if you so ask.”

Yuuri laughs. “You know I’m not that kind of person, Yakov.”

“I know. That’s why I let this happen in the first place. Believe me, Yuuri Katsuki, if you were a lesser man I would have cut this off before it even began.” Yakov’s face turns stoic but Yuuri knows from experience that there’s a small smile beneath that cold exterior. Yakov was known to many as ruthless and straightforward, the perfect advisor to someone like him.

Porny as hell, a little cliche at some points, but this is one of those fics I like to read when in the mood for something that isn’t too plotty, with plenty of feelings, and the opportunity for me to chill from whatever other horrifying fic I saw. 

4. Shatter With Me by TrenchWarfare || Rated T, 7.1k

There are two things that Yuuri notices about Victor Nikiforov as he stands completely naked in his family’s onsen.

The first being the whole naked thing, really. It’s a lot - and Yuuri does mean a lot - to take in. Honestly, it’s a miracle he even notices anything else.

The second: Victor’s heart is beautiful; a smooth, shining, pink wonderful thing that sits just off center in his chest. Yuuri aches to touch it, to see up close whether it's as unblemished as it looks.

It's gorgeous, breathtaking in its intensity, but the longer Yuuri looks at it, the more uncomfortable - disconcerted even - he feels. And it takes a moment for him to realize why.

It's empty. Alone.

Magical realism fic which everyone has visible glass hearts, it follows the plotline with that added dynamic. Very introspective as to various relationships characters have with each other, and not a bad read at all.

5. Roses of May by cuttlemefish || Rated E, 4.5k (WIP)

At age five, all children are assessed for talent and beauty in the City of Hasetsu and the other eight cities of the Empire. Every year, five are branded with the mark of a rose before being carded off to the Emperor’s palace where they are trained to become Roses, or sacrifices to be sent every May to the Ice Spirit that lives in the castle at the top of the mountain. Roses never return, except for Katsuki Yuuri, who shocks the Empire when he appears again two years after his departure with a silver crown on his head and a blond baby in his arms, demanding the Emperor step down or face the wrath of his husband, the Ice King. But, not everything is what it seems.