#vicyuu

Yuuri and Victor, my life and my love!

I'm working on more stickers since I got invited to do a BL vs GL art event in town, so of course I had to rep these two!!

anniversary!

I wore a Mama Katsuki cosplay to the theatre.

IIRC, there was a brief intermission.

Anyone else have a chance to attend this?

In interviews, and generally in public, Yuuri always says his happiest memory is landing his triple axel for the first time.

It happened back when he was in high school when Yuuri was practicing a bit (a lot) after hours because he was determined to land the thing before he took his skates off for the day. Yuuko had finished closing up everything but the rink itself at Ice Castle, and Takeshi was hanging around waiting for her.

“Yuuri,” he called out, “I will drag you off the ice myself if you don’t stop! It’s way past closing time already!”

Yuuri huffed an annoyed breath before yelling back, “Yes, yes! Just one more! I promise!”

(He’d been so close already. He knew exactly what he had to do—he just hadn’t pushed his body enough yet to do it.)

So Yuuko stood next to Takeshi with a sigh, and Takeshi crossed his arms as they watched Yuuri circle around the rink again.

Yuuri picked up momentum, leg swinging forward to catapult himself into the air and—

—he landed it.

Yuuko clapped in celebration. “Yuuri-kun! You did it, you did it, you did it!” she shrieked as Takeshi whooped and hollered next to her.

And Yuuri was breathless, flushed from the exertion and the overwhelming feeling of accomplishment.

He did record himself landing his first triple axel thanks to camera footage from Ice Castle. Unfortunately, the video had gotten lost over the years but, “I’m sure Yuu-chan and Nishigori-kun would be happy to attest to that night!”

However... that’s just his public answer when it comes to his happiest memory.

His honest answer is the first time Victor fell asleep on his shoulder.

They were at home watching TV after dinner at Yu-Topia, resting after a long day of practice and training, and Victor sat next to him on the tatami. Makkachin had long since fallen asleep across his and Victor’s laps, snoring softly as Victor petted the pooch’s head.

By this point, he and Victor had finalized the choreography to his Free Skate, the steps finally approved by Victor’s tremendously high standards. Yuuri’s excitement must have been obvious, because once they packed up to leave Ice Castle, Yuu-chan had teased him about the goofy look on his face.

(He had been relieved that she only mentioned finally finishing the choreography, and not that he was immensely pleased to be the reason for Victor’s satisfied smile. Takeshi had already joked that he was falling knee-deep in his childhood crush on Victor in front of Victor. Yuu-chan at least had enough tact to keep Yuuri’s budding feelings a secret.)

The moment happened when the weatherman ended his report. As Yuuri continued to quietly watch the news, he felt Victor’s head land gently on his shoulder.

He had immediately stilled, blood rushing in his ears, and murmured, “Victor...?”

The only response he received was the sound of Victor’s soft breathing. Yuuri shifted, as delicately as he could, to look at Victor’s face, and was met with the peaceful expression of his coach sound asleep.

Yuuri could swear his heart was beating so loud he could barely hear it over the voices of the news anchors. His cheeks were warm and he had to remember to breathe normally when his breaths came out shallower than usual.

He eventually turned to look back at the TV with a small smile.

Pairing: Viktuuri (yuuvik, vikyuu) Tags: Humor, R-18 [Censored, my lvl 5 patrons have access to the uncensored version]

"Viktor and Yuuri are off-season, but Yuuri keep training hard even though he has time to rest, so Coach Viktor has to find a way to convince him to relax a bit ;D"

[Original version, spanish] 

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“I’m thinking of retiring after next season. Officially.”

The words are said quietly, carefully, Victor’s voice barely audible in the space between them, and Yuuri feels like a rock lodges itself in his throat. “What?” he asks, and wishes they weren’t lying in bed in the dark, wishes he could see Victor’s face, wishes- He swallows down the urge to just grab Victor and shake him. 

Victor sighs, something that sounds weary, and more tired than Yuuri’s ever heard coming from him. “I’m turning thirty in December. I just think it’s about time for it. My knees and ankles will thank me for it. They’re already protesting enough as is now.”

And okay, Yuuri gets it. He does, because he, himself, is twenty-five, going on twenty-six, and he can barely keep up with the young generation coming up from behind at full speed. Hell, he’s been on the verge of retiring once, too. 

But it feels strange, feels absolutely heartbreaking, to hear Victor talk about it like this. 

Still, Yuuri cannot begrudge him this, not after the career Victor has had, not after getting to skate side by side with him on equal footing like he’s dreamed of doing since childhood. “Then, we better make sure your last season is one to be remembered,” he says, trying to bite back tears that he knows Victor can tell are falling. 

2 of 3 fanart pieces for @yoi-pride-zine​. Victuuri in front of traditional Chinese and Japanese mandarin ducks & herons (symbols of long life, lifelong love & spousal happiness) and pan flag colours in the background... wearing rather wedding-flavoured ice shows suits glittering with pan colours again and some rainbow sparkles + duet accent colours :)

Leftovers are available for a limited time at https://loveandlifezine.ecwid.com/ :D