Wholesome Domestic things Victuuri do for each other; a headcanon thread
Things Victor does for Yuuri:
- Victor is a very verbally and physically affectionate person, but he expresses his love through actions as well.
- On those infrequent occasions in which Yuuri falls asleep before Victor (often from sheer exhaustion), Victor gently removes Yuuri’s glasses and folds them up neatly on the nightstand. He removes Yuuri’s phone or laptop from his lap as delicately as he can without disturbing his fiancé, and plugs them in, double checking that Yuuri’s alarms are on for the morning. (Victor has his own alarms, but he’s an early bird by habit and necessity; Yuuri is much less likely to stir from his slumber with only one alarm) Victor places a tender good-night kiss wherever he can reach—usually Yuuri’s cheek or forehead— and tucks his sleeping lover into their fluffy duvet.
- Victor’s second sentence of the day to Yuuri, after his initial “Good morning, sunshine!” and good-morning kiss (To which Yuuri half-heartedly protests, because “Nooo I haven’t brushed my teeth yet, get off me Vitya—“) is usually “coffee or tea?” Whichever one Yuuri chooses that morning, he whips up in their coffeemaker or kettle while Yuuri gets ready. Victor always drinks coffee if he chooses to have a beverage that morning, but he always makes sure to put his and his fiancé’s drinks in their matching Stammi Vicino costume mugs (yes, they’re custom).
- Yuuri had his fair share of harsh winters during his time in Detroit, but his year in Hasetsu lowered his cold tolerance a bit. However, Victor makes sure Yuuri has nice coats (“You will always be wearing coats around here, Yuuri! At least some of them need to be formal!) , snuggly hats and scarves, snow boots, and gloves (Yuuri asks about the undeniably expensive leather gloves he is gifted, which feel like a bed of clouds on the inside yet are finished with the most lavish of black leather on the outside. “Are these designer, Victor?” “No, Yuuri, they’re custom, of course!”)
- Victor always makes the bed. It is somewhat out of wanting a neat and tidy bed for himself and his lover to flop onto after a tough day of training, but also because he feels a bit guilty; he sleeps “like a fish out of water,” as some might say; His long, muscular limbs sprawl in every direction, nearly kicking Yuuri off of the bed, while Yuuri is curled up in a blanket-hogging pile as a result of his involuntary self-preservation instincts. (Clearly the solution that works every night is for Yuuri to keep his fiancé’s twisting and turning contained by being the big spoon).
- Yuuri takes extremely hot showers, except when ordered not to by his coach (“Yuuuuri, don’t even think about touching the hot water faucet today! The water needs to be cold to rejuvenate your muscles. Coach’s orders!” Victor says in a playful tone, but Yuuri knows every word is very serious. Yuuri groans, but complies every time. He knows how to pick his battles as the world’s most legendary athlete’s protégé and fiancé.) When he steps out of the shower, he’ll often find a fresh towel folded nicely on the counter by the door. It’s always deliciously warm and soft, the handiwork of his fiancé, who tossed his towel into the dryer while he was showering in order to reward him for taking those cold (but necessary) showers.
- If Victor is not heating up a towel for Yuuri, he’s usually in the shower with him. It’s not always sexual, especially considering their back-breaking training schedule near competitions, but they always enjoy the skinship. Victor specifically likes to wash Yuuri’s hair; Yuuri’s hair is thick and soft, combined with the water and shampoo and conditioner, it feels like heaven to run his hands through. Yuuri enjoys it too, letting Victor scratch his scalp with his soapy fingers and gently tilt his head back to let the water rinse it away, Victor’s gentle hands aiding the process.
Things Yuuri does for Victor:
- Yuuri is a bit shy still at initiating verbal affection, so a lot of his expressions of love show themselves through acts of service.
- Yuuri knows that Victor’s comeback is hard on him, mentally and physically. Victor tries to keep a bright face for his student and fellow skaters, but Yuuri knows well enough to see when Victor’s at his breaking point— He can see the tiny winces when Victor walks, the incessant bouncing of his left knee (it gets stiff when it’s still for too long), the quickness with which he takes off his skates at the end of ice time to put his tennis shoes back on, in order to get a long stretch in before his muscles lose their warmth. He notices it in his verbal behavior, too; hearing a lot more “I’m fine, love,” and not enough of the usual bubbliness in his voice. He gets a little more reserved, a little less out there, sometimes even engaging in less physical contact with his own fiancé. Before, this might have scared Yuuri into his own spiral of, does he not love me anymore? , but Yuuri knows well enough now how to get Victor back on the right path. It starts with a massage. Yuuri lies Victor on the bed, chest down, and starts quietly working the painful knots out of his shoulders and lower back. He takes his time moving down his legs and back to his arms, really trying to get him to relax. By the time Yuuri starts working on the front of his body, specifically his quads, Victor starts talking about what’s bothering him. Victor finds it hard to open up, and Yuuri knows this. He certainly knows how it feels to be scared to tell someone something, so he doesn’t mind helping his soulmate relax this way. He knows that with time, it won’t take all of this for Victor to talk about what’s bothering him, but for the time being, Yuuri revels in the intimacy of it.
- Off the ice and outside the dance studio, Yuuri could be a bit clumsy. As a kid, he was a magnet for bumps and cuts and scratches and bruises; from falling up the stairs to cutting his finger by shattering a bowl on the kitchen counter while he was lipsyncing to J-Rock a little too intensely, Yuuri has seen just about every bit of minor first aid there is. In college, he was known as “The Band-Aid Man,” for being the only person in their dorm who had Band-Aids (He eventually just bought a jumbo pack and stuck them on a table in the hallway so people would stop knocking on his door at ungodly hours because of papercuts). Victor is similarly clumsy off of the ice, especially in the domestic sphere; like the time he slammed the dryer door on his finger, or the time he accidentally nicked himself under the knee while shaving his legs. Thankfully, Katsuki “The Band-Aid Man” Yuuri was there to save his husband from his unfortunate fate! (After stopping the bleeding, Yuuri gently applied antibacterial ointment and then a bandaid to Victor’s shaving wound. “Yuuri, you’re my hero!” Victor says dramatically, smiling widely.) Whenever Victor gets a minor wound, Yuuri is always there to bandage it and kiss it better. (Mostly bandage it, but Victor always gets a kiss, too.)
- Victor’s “sleep early, wake early” tendencies have lead to many nights of unfinished movies. Yuuri doesn’t mind, though. He either gently leads his half-asleep fiancé to the bathroom to brush his teeth, or picks up his sleeping form bridal-style and takes him to the bedroom. He’ll make sure Victor isn’t wearing anything too restricting and tuck him in quietly, placing a gentle kiss on his forehead before going to get ready for bed himself.
The end! I hope you enjoyed :)
p.s. should I write fics of these as post them on AO3? If so, LMK which one you like most!
