IF YOI TAKES PLACE IN 2016 THEN BITTY AND JACK'S KISS™ HAPPENS BEFORE YUURI AND VIKTOR'S. what a year for in-universe ice sport fans
to be fair it’s very obvious the two take place in different universes considering the lack of homophobia in yoi’s. but yeah, if they were in the same universe and bits is graduating in 2017 and these SC playoffs are in 2016, they’d be smoochin on the ice before viktuuri does in the fall. which also means, holy fucking shit, that my timeline in intersections is completely off (because 1) i timed YOI to 2015-2016 season bc that’s how the dates lined up irl and then Sayokubo jossed that and 2) i hadn’t anticipated Jack to win the SC that quickly lmao) 😂😂 i’m laughing so hard, what if it turns out viktor and yuuri were just following in their footsteps:
Viktor Nikiforov still follows hockey, to some extent – mostly just the career of his childhood friend Alexei, who’s moved from the KHL to the NHL a year or so back and send all sorts of cheery pictures of him eating disgusting-looking American food once in a while.
(When the pies and jams and pb&js show up, Viktor almost breathes a sigh of relief. It’s much better than the deep-fried nonsense Alyosha has sent him in the past.)
Viktor Nikiforov follows hockey just well enough to know about Jack Zimmermann, though part of that is also due to the fact that one of his own competitors (Joe-Johns? James-Jacks?) would not shut up about his amazing hockey cousin, son of The Amazing Hockey Legend Uncle Bob Zimmermann. Viktor had sifted through the babbling about kings on ice and Leroy-Zimmermann total ice domination to cut to the fact that Jack Zimmermann is in fact one of the new rookies on the Providence Falconers, and is in fact dating the source of the pies and jams and pb&js blessing Alyosha’s Instagram feed.
He doesn’t think too much about that, because he’s extremely preoccupied with the fact that the love of his own life, who he had met wrapped around a pole in Sochi sloshed on sixteen glasses of champagne, has just skated his routine in a viral video on YouTube. Clearly his path is now laid out for him: Yuuri had asked him to be his coach. Viktor now has to go to Japan and become his coach. And if he’s lucky, Yuuri will remember him for more than that, and maybe they’ll dance together under the stars or something else equally as heartrending.
(He’ll get that wish. He just doesn’t know it yet.)
The next time Viktor tunes in to hockey, Alyosha has sent him a string of exclamation points and a YouTube link. Viktor clicks it, mostly anticipating another mirror of the “Stay Close To Me” routine, but gets instead post-game footage of the Falconers as they celebrate winning the Stanley Cup.
Congrats! Viktor types in Russian to his old friend. I’m proud of you!
Not just that, you can see Zimmboni’s boyfriend, Alyosha insists. At 1:30, look!
Viktor goes to 1:30 and looks. And his heart leaps up at the sight of a diminutive blond man running out onto the ice, tackling Jack Zimmermann in a hug. Zimmermann spins him around for a moment, before the two of them settle, pause as if in discussion, and then –
Viktor’s heart is in his throat. The camera has zoomed in on Zimmermann and his boyfriend, on the soft expressions on their faces once they pull back from their kiss. It had been hesitant at first, but then confident, loving, unafraid – and Viktor wants it, too. Wants it more than anything from the Japanese skater currently deep in some video game in the next room over.
He hears a knock at the door and closes out of the video. Makkachin perks, as Yuuri slides the door open and smiles at him. Viktor’s heart stutters.
“Wanna go for a walk?” Yuuri asks. It’s not quite dancing under the stars, but Viktor takes it.
It all comes to a head at the Cup of China. The fears, the insecurities, the wishes – they all bubble out of Yuuri with his tears, with his broken, racked sobs that wrench at Viktor’s heart. He hadn’t meant what he said, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions anyway, so does it matter?
All he can do is hold Yuuri for a while, give him his hanky to wipe the tears and the snot away, and apologise. Yuuri says nothing to that, only turns around and says that it’s time.
Viktor’s heart leaps as Yuuri steps on the ice, as Yuuri presses a finger to his hair part, a teasing little hint of forgiveness. It flutters hard as Yuuri begins his programme, not even flinching in the face of technical imperfections.
It leaps into his throat when he falls on the quad flip, but there’s enough rotations in it, and if that’s not a sign of something new and beautiful, Viktor doesn’t know what is.
Yuuri extends his hands to Viktor as he ends his routine to thunderous applause, and Viktor’s heart feels like it’s lodged against his jugular, shocked and amazed in equal measure as he looks out at the man who had shown him love and life in all of its forms. How does he even begin to repay such a debt? How can he surprise Yuuri more than Yuuri’s surprised him already?
A flash of ash blonde against his mind’s eye brings him to the memory of Jack Zimmermann and his boyfriend hugging and kissing on the ice. Viktor makes his choice.
He runs.
And the rest is history.
“Jack, oh my god. Pinch me, I’ve got to be dreaming.”
Jack looks down at where his boyfriend Eric has pulled from his side, eyes wide as he stares at the TV in their living room. He recognises the look on Eric’s face; he’d worn that same expression when Beyonce had announced she was having twins.
Out on the ice, the cameras have zoomed in on Yuuri Katsuki and his coach, collapsed onto the ice in each other’s arms. They’re saying something to each other unheard by the roaring of the crowd, their eyes fixed on each other and only each other. Katsuki’s expression is soft, almost tender. Jack’s heart wrenches.
Eric’s fingers dig into his forearms. “Oh my god you know I thought he might have preferred men, but I didn’t – I never dreamed – my fifteen-year-old self is dying right about now, Jack. Holy shit.”
“He?” Jack echoes.
“Viktor Nikiforov! Oh my god, I had a poster of him next to the Bey posters, didn’t you see? He’s like… he’s like the Bad Bob of figure skating, okay? The Beyonce. A complete legend.”
“Oh, cousin JJ talks about him sometimes,” says Jack. Eric sends him a look that screams of ‘I can’t believe you didn’t tell me you were distantly connected to Viktor Nikiforov through your Terrible Cousin JJ, this is a betrayal of the highest order’. Jack chuckles at it anyway.
“Still, good for Katsuki,” he says, turning back to the screen, where the scores are being announced. Yuuri Katsuki is still flushed and happy from the kiss, which is now being replayed over and over again as the commentator screams with joy, while next to him Viktor Nikiforov looks so proud that he’s bordering on smug.
“Yeah, he bagged my fifteen-year-old celebrity crush and destroyed the fantasies of every other figure skating fan out there,” says Eric. “Though I’m honestly surprised it took him this long; GoldenSkate was saying there’s no way the two weren’t together after seeing his short programme.”
“Not just that,” Jack says, tugging his boyfriend closer again. “Didn’t you see what he was like during warm-ups? He’s come so far.”
“Yeah,” says Eric, smiling softly as he presses a kiss to Jack’s cheek. “They both have.”
euseevius replied to your post “i’m so proud of Jack.”
first year in the NHL and he?? gets an A AND wins the stanley cup??? and is about to be the first out player in NHL? a bisexual icon. the best possible man we could've asked for
euseevius said: ooo i like the idea of younger cecil belonging to the timeline destroyed in 1983 !
Same here!
I think it might make sense if his timeline suddenly stopped with him stood in front of the mirror too, as it could very well coincide with the events of 1983.
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Asked someone to marry you? Innocent(ish?)
Kissed one of your friends? Innocent
Danced on a table in a bar or tavern? Innocent
Ever told a lie? Guilty
Had feelings for someone whom you can’t have? Guilty
Ever kissed someone of the opposite sex? Innocent(ish)
Ever kissed someone of the same sex? Innocent
Kissed a picture? Guilty
Slept in until 5pm? Guilty
Fallen asleep at work or school? Guilty
Held a snake? Innocent
Been suspended from school? Innocent
Stolen something? Guilty
Done something you regret? Guilty
Laughed until something you were drinking came out of your nose? Guilty
Caught a snowflake on your tongue? Innocent
Kissed in the rain? Innocent
Sat on a roof top? Innocent
Sang in the shower? Guilty
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? Guilty
Slept naked? Guilty
Made a boyfriend/girlfriend cry? Innocent
Been in a band? Innocent
Shot a gun? Innocent
Donated blood? Innocent
Eaten alligator meat? Innocent
Eaten cheesecake? Guilty
Still love someone you shouldn’t? Guilty(ish)
Have/had a tattoo? Innocent
Been too honest? Innocent
Ruined a surprise? Guilty
Ate in a restaurant and got really bloated that you can’t walk after? Guilty
Erased someone in your friends list? Guilty
Dressed in a man’s clothes? Guilty(ish)
Dressed in a woman’s clothes? Guilty
Joined a pageant? Innocent
Been told that you’re beautiful by someone who totally meant what they said? Guilty(ish)
Still have communication with your ex? Innocent
Cheated on someone? Innocent
Got totally drunk one night when you had an important exam the next morning? Innocent
A total stranger treated you by paying your fare? Innocent
Got so angry that you cried? Innocent
Tried to stay away from someone for their own good? Innocent
Actually murdered someone? Innocent
Thought about mass murder? Innocent
Actually committed a mass murder? Innocent
Rode in a stranger’s vehicle? Guilty
Stalked someone? Innocent
Had a girlfriend? Innocent
Had a boyfriend? Innocent
Totally drunk during a holiday? Innocent
