Got Me in Quicksand

Heal Me

Part 4 of 4

No P.O.V.

4 months later...

"Viktor Nikiforov? Yuuri Katsuki?"

Viktor looked up from his seat in the waiting room and nudged Yuuri awake whom of which had fallen asleep while waiting.

"Come on, wake up."

Yuuri groans and rubs his eyes, sliding his glasses out of his pocket and looking around before his face was adorned with a frown.

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We have noticed some slight progression in Yuuri's recovery. Maybe in about a year or so, he might not have to come and see me anymore," she taps her lips with the tip of her pen "Then again, it may be a bit too early to tell that for sure..."

"Well, isn't that nice to hear, Yuuri?" Viktor asks, softly stroking his lover's palm.

"Mm..."

Viktor slightly frowned at his fiance's happy sounding response that was in the form of a groan. Ever since the beach incident, Yuuri had barely said a word to him. The therapist had said that he was probably too ashamed to speak, so he just decided to lock all his words up. Talking to Lilia and Yakov as he sat on the sidelines at the rink wasn't a very big deal but with anyone else, it was a struggle to get a sentence out of him.

Two months ago, they caught Viktor Pankov on the outskirts or maybe the coast of Barbados. He was in the club passing out drugged alcohol beverages to unsuspecting young girls and got away with it for a while.

He was brought to Russia and was found guilty of all charges, including rape and illegal smuggling of drugs in another country and across countries. There was a rumor about possession of a stolen and or illegal firearm too...

All five of them got different time, but Viktor got the longest sentence of them all, which was a relief.

"We believe this will be one of the last decisions you will have to make together. After this, it might as well be considered smooth sailing, we hope," she says closing her file folder and placing it in the file cabinet. "I would like to speak to Mr. Katsuki alone please, if you don't mind."

"O-Oh, yes! Of course!" Viktor says rushing to get up. He casts one last worried glance behind him before hastily shutting the door.

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Yuuri and the nurse/ therapist stare at each other before blinking rapidly.

"So I see you've learned blinking morse code in order to avoid talking to me," she says tapping her finger on the sleek mahogany desk. "We were doing so well last week, so what's wrong?"

'What makes you think we were doing well? In my eyes, I just really want to leave this place...'

She pushes a bowl of candies towards Yuuri.

'Are these laced with antidepressants or something?'

She shook her head. Yuuri took a strawberry flavored one and put it in his pocket.

"Looks like we'll be a while."

Yuuri shrugged, 'Yeah, I guess we will."

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She stepped out and saw Viktor snoozing on the ground. She lightly shook him awake.

"We are ready for you."

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"Yuuri seems to dislike me," she says bluntly.

Viktor looks at him and Yuuri rolled his eyes as if to say "What a loudmouth."