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Chapters: 15/15 Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Katsuki Yuuri & Victor Nikiforov Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Victor Nikiforov, Phichit Chulanont, Christophe Giacometti, Katsuki Mari, Katsuki Hiroko, Katsuki Toshiya, Okukawa Minako, Nishigori Yuuko, Nishigori Takeshi, Nishigori Triplets, Yakov Feltsman, Makkachin (Yuri!!! on Ice), Yuri Plisetsky, pretty much everybody makes an appearance Additional Tags: Angst, Heavy Angst, Did I mention angst, I dole out angst like Oprah doles out cars, comatose main character, Major Character Injury, Major Injury, Ghost Sex, Just Roll With It, Photography, spirit photography, World Travel, figure skating, VicturiBang2017, VicturiBang17, Anal Sex, Blow Jobs, Masturbation, Frottage, Slow Burn, Angst with a Happy Ending, Happy Ending Summary:
Yuri Katsuki is considering retiring from competitive figure skating after coming in sixth at his first Grand Prix Final, but an accident only days after the final leaves his idol, Victor Nikiforov, in a coma. Grief stricken, Yuri decides to dedicate his season to the fallen skater and throws himself into the sport. He puts everything on the line for three final competitions. Then, dreams shattered, he retires.
Adrift, grieving, and unsure of his place in the world Yuri turns to photography and quickly becomes known as one of the best figure skating photographers at competitions. It is this that leads him to the one thing that lends a sense of catharsis: recreating famous photographs of Victor, except in empty ice rinks.
However, soon strange artifacts start to appear in his photos, and a presence calling itself Victor attaches itself to him. Yuri is left to wonder if he is going insane or if he's being haunted, and whether the strange artifacts in the photos are at all connected to the comatose skater.
Written for the VicturiBang2017
Check out companion artwork by YukariKitsuni9 on Tumblr.
So I’ve enjoyed @phoenixwaller‘s stuff for a while, and had noticed a certain decreased frequency of posting. Now we know why. Big Bangs can be hard on an author, in that they don’t generally allow for serial posting, which can be a little bit of a hit to the hit count, so to speak. They’re great for the reader, giving us a whole, finished piece at once. And everyone loves art (and I’m particularly fond of @yukarikitsune9 as she did art for one of my big bang pieces this summer.)
This might be the best writing I’ve seen from this already-accomplished author. The story is gripping, emotional and immersive, and pulls you from one long chapter to the next without pause. I had to force myself to stop in the middle to go pick up new glasses--which I promptly put to use finishing the fic.
So a definite a+ do read. I’m not really into a lot of spooky, but this is a “just right” level of ghost story for Halloween, and an extremely rare beast in being a ghost story with a happy ending.