three cats in a trenchcoat

A little snippet of what was going to eventually be a road trip fic for Leo/Guang Hong, but then I got distracted by a dozen other things and fell out of fandom. Written for a the prompt "one-night stands"

They still hadn't talked about Beijing.

Like he was a massive viktor fan?? He probably had to search everywhere for all kinds of content with no english or japanese subtitles, hes obviously been to russia to compete before viktor even became his coach

Maybe he took a class in college, but i LOVE the idea of viktor having no clue about this until rostelecom

https://archiveofourown.org/works/9654452/chapters/21811016

Like he was a massive viktor fan?? He probably had to search everywhere for all kinds of content with no english or japanese subtitles, hes obviously been to russia to compete before viktor even became his coach

Maybe he took a class in college, but i LOVE the idea of viktor having no clue about this until rostelecom

for victor that idea is that of banquet yuuri

for yuuri it's childhood idol victor

they're both infatuated with a version of the other that's only conditionally present, short lived, made up or exaggerated. and the story makes a point to actively THWART the possibility of love at first sight. it keeps insisting that it's not love. not yet.

but it's not nothing. they are unquestionably drawn to each other. esp bc the other represents to them something they're yearning in themselves: yuuri is to victor connection, passion, and the feeling of aliveness that he'd become so numb to, so devoid of. victor represents a voice for self-validation, of acceptance from an opinion that seems to matter well above yuuri's own.

but just bc they want that doesn't mean they know how to get it or even accept it for what it is. they constantly miscalculate their moves and misunderstand and upset each other.

but they keep at it. and it grows into something more. the shift is so evident as they go through the motions of GPF. we see their relationship become one of easy familiarity. and you can tell what it is now, without them having to say it to each other or to us. they show us a love story just by building a special relationship and showing why it should matter.