Yuuri Katsuki is a hitman burdened with a debt he can never repay. His target: Viktor Nikiforov, next Pakhan to one of the most dangerous families in the Russian mafia.
When the two are drawn into a treacherous alliance after a mission gone wrong, the bonds of love and loyalty to family and duty begin to unravel—even as they get more tangled up in each other.
I’ve never read a story quite like Kintsugi.
not gold like in your dreams
viktuuri. 87k words. teen.
“Victor, you could have let some psychopath into your apartment.”
“Oh come on, he’s not a psychopath,” Victor chides. Christophe makes a gesture with his hand that says ‘are you seriously this naïve or are you drunk at work again?’.
“Victor, you don’t know that. You don’t know anything about him. Whose name am I going to give to the police or face I’m going to describe to the sketch artist when they find your body chopped up like Hannibal Lecter’s side dish?”
--
in which Victor and Yuuri are roommates and Yuuri has a secret
Once You Go Greek
viktuuri. 39k words. mature.
Here are three things Viktor Nikiforov's learned as a brother of Mu Sigma Delta:
1) Go for what you want.
2) Make use of what you have.
3) Everyone in Alpha Kappa Omega is an asshole.
And then he meets Yuuri Katsuki. The more he gets to know Yuuri, the more Viktor finds that he's no longer sure what he wants anymore and that might make him lose the best thing he's ever had.
Or:
A fraternity fic wherein Yuuri and Viktor are in rival frats, but they fall in love anyway.
how the mighty fall (in love)
viktuuri. 28k words. teen.
Every Victor Nikiforov fan has three things in common.
1. They have unrealistic expectations for romance.
2. They mark their calendars with the dates of his newest book releases and the premieres of his latest movie adaptations.
3. They either passionately hate or love his greatest rival, a mysterious author whose pseudonym is only two letters: “KY.”
I had a visceral reaction to remembering that this one exists.
Until My Feet Bleed and My Heart Aches
viktuuri. 197k words. explicit.
‘…Of all the rivalries in the world of sports over the years, perhaps none has become so legendary as that of Russian figure skater Viktor Nikiforov and his rival, Japanese Yuuri Katsuki…’
A single event changes the course of Yuuri’s life, throwing him into a bitter rivalry with Viktor Nikiforov that spans across his entire skating career. But as the years go on, rivalry and hatred begin to develop into something very different and Yuuri doesn’t seem to be able to stay away, no matter how hard he tries.
Hatred and love are two sides of the same coin and even though everything changes, some things are still meant to be.
A fucking rollercoaster of emotions from start to end.
like your french girls
viktuuri. 102k words. teen.
"Victor," Yuri begins, lowering the eighteenth sketch of the figure skater Victor drew this week, "you have a fucking problem."
--
in which Victor is an artist, Yuuri is his figure skating muse, and Yuri is so done hearing about their stupid love story through Instagram
centripetal force
viktuuri. 85k words. explicit.
Victor speaks seven languages.
(Physics isn't one of them.)
Luckily, though, he ends up rooming with his antithesis: a shy, black-haired boy who just so happens to be a physics major.
Beside the Dancing Sea
viktuuri. 186k words. explicit.
He’s finally here in this lovely and quiet little beach cottage, and the rest of the year seems to stretch out infinitely before him. Time will pass, though, and it will pass faster than he realises, but in the meantime he will stop worrying about writer’s block and deadlines and not even having the foggiest clue what his next novel’s going to be about, and live.
New York Times-bestselling author Viktor Nikiforov arrives in the sleepy seaside town of Torvill Cove to cure his writer's block. After encountering local wallflower Yuuri Katsuki at a party, he discovers that this mysterious dark-haired man has a couple secrets up his sleeve.
And Viktor will be damned if he doesn't find out just what those secrets are.
This one’s a lot, alright.
Blackbird
viktuuri. 102k words. mature.
The year is 1942, and Europe is at war. Captain Victor Nikiforov, an intelligence operative for the NKVD, has been trapped in Berlin by the German invasion of the USSR. Posing as a Nazi industrialist, his days are spent charming information out of Axis diplomats to try and keep the Red Army fighting another day.
Yuuri Katsuki, a foreign-educated bureaucrat in the Japanese Embassy, has secrets of his own concealed beneath his unremarkable demeanour. When he uncovers Victor’s real identity, it will alter the course of both of their lives forever.
Iwaizumi blinked his gaze over to Oikawa, "Last time was supposed to be a one time thing," he said, voice low, lacking some conviction.
Oikawa's lips twitched into a smirk and he brought them hovering just over Iwaizumi's, "One time thing, Two time thing, what's it matter as long as it's not a Relationship thing?"
Arrest me Officer
iwaoi. 122k words. general audiences.
‘Perhaps getting mugged at two in the morning isn’t such a bad idea’ Oikawa thinks as he eyes the world’s hottest policeman settled in the seat across from him.
In which Oikawa is a news reporter head over heels for a commanding police officer.
NOTE: This is fic is mainly Oikawa/Iwaizumi - There are also other side pairings (look in tags)
to be first, to be best
iwaoi. 26k words. teen.
Hajime is apparently something of a masochist, and as he stares down at the tie-dyed AREA51 T-shirt in his hands, he thinks “I’m totally in love with this asshole, aren't I?”
new phone who dis
iwaoi. 57k words. teen.
Oikawa texts the wrong number when complaining about Ushijima, and then keeps texting Iwaizumi.
Trial by Fire
iwaoi. 76k words. explicit.
Iwaizumi is a young, bright-eyed criminal prosecutor fresh out of law school. After half a year of trying misdemeanor cases and learning the art of argument through his mentor, Ushijima Wakatoshi, he finally gets his first felony case: a murder of an affluent CEO by his son, Daishou Suguru.
But when he meets Daishou’s defense attorney, a talented and extremely successful lawyer by the name of Oikawa Tooru, he finds himself wavering in his ability to prosecute the case. Especially when Oikawa looks like that fucking good in his pressed suit and tie.
(lawyer!AU - in which Iwaizumi loves his objections, Oikawa is beautiful, and they have more chemistry than two opposing attorneys probably should.)
I honestly didn’t expect this story to pop off as much as it did.
I like the way your clothes smell
kagehina. 75k words. explicit.
Power outages, ghost stories, and the presence of a certain orange-haired boy lead to bad decision-making on Tobio's part. He'd planned to keep his crush a secret; the universe has other plans.
Saffron and Cayenne Pepper
kagehina. 30k words. teen.
Cooking is hard. Even if you have your very attractive, very grumpy neighbor there to help you.
In which Hinata's lack of cooking skills are a danger to him and others. Luckily (or not), Kageyama is willing to teach him, if only for the sake of avoiding any burned down apartments.
Come and get lost with us
kagehina-centric. 150k words. mature.
Kageyama is a thief, betrayed after his last raid, and left to die alone in the forest.
Hinata is the one to find him, determined to save his life and nurse him back to health.
In a forest that is growing more dangerous by the day, tension is running high, and neither of them can anticipate the impact they'll have on each others life.
There are good fics, and then there’s Come and get lost with us.
gold star, ash sky
kagehina-centric. 147k words (INCOMPLETE). mature.
Hinata Shouyou dreams of becoming a samurai, but there's a problem: he can't kill a dragon.
You’d fit my lonely arms so perfectly
daisuga. 25k words. general audiences.
“Oh. You're. Not Asahi.”
Calmed down enough that he can speak again, Daichi takes a deep breath, his smile settling on his face easily and wide.
“Not as far as I know, no.”
Suga accidentally calls a stranger instead of his best friend, tells him all about his burned batch of cookies before realising, and that particular mistake might turn out the best one he ever made.
The Stars in Summer
daisuga. 36k words. mature.
‘ “We’ll take you to our favorite ice cream shop,” Daichi tells Suga. “It’s not fancy, but it’s really good.”
Suga waves a hand over himself, his soft, frayed shorts, and plain white t-shirt. “I was really hoping for fancy, Daichi, so I don’t know if this is going to work out.”
Daichi laughs, that warm rumble that starts in his belly, and Suga thanks all of his lucky stars that he’s walking through this nothing town right now, with this boy who is definitely something.’
butterfly in the subway
daisuga-centric. 62k words. teen.
Sugawara Koushi has no idea he's already in love with the man he's supposed to hate.
It’s a You’ve Got Mail AU. Can you hear my crusty ass screaming?
cool kids don’t wear skinny jeans
daisuga. 31k words. teen.
'He was supposed to ask Suga for his number or ask if he was busy next Friday night and if he was interested in seeing a movie or something. Instead, he said in a slightly cracking and not at all calm voice, “I think I lost my kids.”'
or
that fic where babysitter no. 1 Daichi loses three kids in the city, gets into a bunch of shenanigans, and tries to ask Suga on a date.
Rough Draft
kuroken. 16k words. teen.
Kozume Kenma's a novelist tasked to write a romance into his action-adventure stories in order to attract more readers, something he has no idea how to do. At a loss, he recruits his attractive next-door neighbor Kuroo Tetsurou to assist him in experiencing what a relationship feels like.
He should have anticipated the way things grow more complicated.
How Kuroo Found Kenma
kuroken. 37k words. explicit.
"Oh my God," Kuroo said, eyes growing wide. He slowly turned to fully face Oikawa, "I'm in love with Kenma."
Oikawa brought his tea to his mouth. "Yeah," he said, smiling through the steam rising in front of his face, "I know."
This is actually a spin-off from Conquering the Great King, but you don't need to have read that beforehand to enjoy this.
Liked, Commented and Subscribed
kuroken. 45k words. teen.
" 'Hey, Bokuto?' Kuroo interrupted his friend. They were both sitting on his couch, Bokuto telling some silly story that happened the previous weekend and Kuroo reading the comments on his latest video. He was quite happy with how it turned out – a lot of people seemed to enjoy it and he even saw a few memes on tumblr titled ‘The actual signs as Kuroo’s signs’. There was only one thing bothering him.
'Yeah, bro?' Bokuto answered, a little annoyed for having his great story be interrupted.
'Do you know who Kozume Kenma is?' "
--
Everyone is a youtuber and tumblr ships KuroKen. A lot.
Never Fly on One Wing
bokuaka. 23k words. explicit.
'This was not what Koutarou had planned out for his evening. Yet here he was, sweating, scratches on his arm, and a shaking cardboard box in his lap.'
In which Bokuto rescues an owl.
tea-stained polaroids
bokuaka. 5k words. general audiences.
“I'm gonna date that,” Bokuto declares solemnly, and Kuroo throws a plastic spoon at his head.
Come Downstairs
bokuaka. 50k words. teen.
Akaashi Keiji is pretty certain that he’s got love figured out. Or at least, he’s figured out that love isn’t for him. It isn't until his new downstairs neighbor moves in that he realizes even intelligent people make mistakes in their calculations.
Iron Curtain
kurotsukki / bokuaka. 4k words. mature.
Desperate times, Tsukishima thinks, call for vicious measures.
(Kuroo and Bokuto are, predictably, impossible to live with; Akaashi and Tsukishima hatch a plot. Nothing goes as planned.)
This one’s too fucking hilarious not to add to the list.
Mannequin Men
bokuakakurotsukki. 76k words. mature.
The modeling world is full of hungry wolves, constantly clambering over the other, snarling and desperate. They fight, and they kill, trampling over anything in their path.
In this case, Akaashi fell in love with the wolves.
I remembered liking it the first time around and the second time was even better.
national hot dad alliance is not calling...
not ship-centric. 58k words. teen.
Sawamura Daichi: What the fuck.
(Or, the captains' squad interactions that definitely happen outside of canon, presented in Skype chat form.)
I think that’s all for now! I might make a second list later with more stories I fall in love with, so stay tuned! I didn’t include everything that I love for the sake of space and variety, but let me know if you’d like more recs.
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