shiver shiver // yuri!!! on ice

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the stale, cold air around us could never hope to slip between our bodies as we held each other so close. the morning was drawing near, but we never wanted the night to end.

"Victor," i muttered, breathing in the soft scent of love and security. he hummed in response, stroking my hair. "how long are you going to coach katsuki?"

his thumb rested behind my ear, his heartbeat steady against me. "until he wins."

i glanced up at him, the faraway look in his silver eyes, the slight red tint of his nose in the merciless air. he was so perfect, in all the ways he was human.

"has he seduced you?"

my question must have taken him by surprise. his gaze traveled to meet mine, his parted lips tilting down. did he think i still knew him as a mystery? was i not watching the intense look of determination flash across his face as he viewed his routine performed better, bigger, by someone so much lower?

do you think i still do not know you, Victor?

but then he was laughing, pressing his forehead against mine before i could object. "i do tend to like the underdogs," he murmured, his fingertips dancing across my cheek. "but you're the only one lovely enough to seduce me."

i snorted, balling my fists in his shirt as my cheeks flushed. he was suave and sometimes a little crude, but he always knew the right things to say.

his lips brushed against my cheek as he pulled me against him for the last hour of sleep before a new day would start. i sighed, letting the warmth combine us, letting him keep me safe.

please don't be lying to me, Victor. .