My collaboration in @yurionicebigbang with @vityagames is here! It was so lovely to work with you my dear, thank you for trusting me with this prompt and for making me so much softer than I ever could have hoped to be.
Yuuri began his process as he always had when it came to sculpting. He would order the appropriate amount of clay for the initial draft and then the largest slab of granite he could find once he was satisfied. Something about this man’s facial structure was jarring to him, as if no matter what he did, even if he felt like he was going to mess up somehow he became even more beautiful than before. He felt encouraged as he continued to recall his dreams about the man, studied how his eyes crinkled, how he moved with confidence, how his hands looked like they were in constant graceful movement. Yuuri wanted more than anything to try to bring that to the granite and immortalize it.
He knew using granite would be risky as it was the harder stone to work with, thereby leaving no room for mistakes, but Yuuri felt sure enough for once, especially with how frequently he kept seeing this man in his dreams, that there would be no chance of it. He already knew every curve that adorned his face. Whether it was from the lining of his jaw up to the soft plain of his temples, or even the gentle angle of his nose down to the coy curvature of his lips. Even lower, Yuuri pictured the muscular lining of his arms and the gentle curve of his collarbone and how parts of his body ebbed and etched itself out perfectly.
He had chosen to model the man in a floral crown because of the ethereal emotions he made him feel. And as he worked day in and day out to perfectly craft him. Yuuri found that he knew everything he wanted to make this man into, but he did not know a name. The closer he got to finalizing his face, Yuuri could feel his heart skipping a bit. Every chisel, every careful hammering, as the man’s face was becoming more and more of a reality in the stone, Yuuri was transfixed on the project. He was transfixed on the man. He felt that he was pouring a part of himself that he had locked away for years with every feature he managed to chisel out. Somehow, he felt more and more rejuvenated the longer he continued to work on it.
All the while, his furry companion kept him company through the process, always nipping at his ankles to beg him to take a break. Until one day when Yuuri had walked into the room, he saw Vicchan had rested himself directly on the middle of the sculptures chest. With a small smile, he had decided to dedicate the sculptures name to the best friend he could have ever had. The sculptures name would be Victor.
you were a vision in the morning is now available on AO3
