okay idk if anyone remembers the skygem retirement au and the very specific genre of yuri on ice fics that came out of it but, like. retired figure skater goes back to college and wows unsuspecting friends with his fame and suave and various sports medals through wacky hijinks and crazed fans? i ate that shit up, as if my pe teacher in grade school hadnt showed up one day in 2nd grade, said “hey, i have a silver medal in (i think it was bobsled? luge?) from the olympics” and passed the actual fucking medal around. and we just went “okay, yeah, cool thanks can we play dodgeball now?”