((hi everybody!! welcome back to the rev au!! always wonderful to talk with you all and i hope you’re having a wonderful time here!! bc i sure am. :’) anyways, here’s this installment. enjoy! ♥♥♥ part 2 to come soon!))
summary: When Victor and Yuuri announce that they’re going to vacation in Japan for a week in the summer, they don’t expect their teenaged rink mate to come stomping up to them after practice.
“I’m coming too,” Yuri Plisetsky snarls. “No way I’m letting you two go overseas for secret practice sessions or something. What time is your flight?”
Yuuri sighs when he gives him an answer. It’s good that his family home is an inn.
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Yuuri and Victor glance at the calendar to find the best dates for a vacation and book their tickets early in January. Tourism will reach a bit of a lull in Hasetsu in the summer, skating season will be briefly reprieved, and this gives them plenty of time to see the city, and for Yuuri to finally introduce his fiancé to his family.
Since he’s a fairly old-fashioned person, it feels a little bit silly that this will be the first time Victor’s met Hiroko, Toshiya, and Mari, but hey. He’d tripped into his romance with the other skater in St. Petersburg, and the two of them have proven that there’s nothing wrong with being unconventional.
As the trip gets closer in April, the two of them discuss what kinds of clothes to pack. Victor reties his ponytail absently, talking about swimsuits, and then Yuri skates over and skids to a stop between the taller skaters.
“Rumor has it that you’re headed to Japan,” the teenager says, turning his head to spend equal amounts of time glaring at Yuuri and Victor. “I want details.”
Yuuri rolls his eyes at the blonde. “We’re going to my parents’ place for a week or so. They live in a small town, but, hey. It’s home.”
“I’m so excited!” Victor leans over and clasps his hands together against his chest. “We’re going to have so much good food. I’ll get to meet Yuuri’s family. It’s going to be fantastic.”
There is a beat of silence before Yuri snarls, “I want in.” The older men blink at him as he kicks the blade of his skate into the ice.
Victor raises a brow at the blonde, tossing an arm over Yuri’s shoulder. “What’s this? Just yesterday you were whining about much you hated staying on our couch, and now you want to go on vacation with us? Yura, you silly boy! Why didn’t you just say you wanted to spend more time together?”
At the teasing tone, Yuri snarls and Victor’s coach sighs, gently pulling them apart so that they can’t knock each other over on the ice. “Yura, if you want to go, I’ll email you the flight details. Did you want me to get you a ticket?”
“No,” Yuri grumbles, pushing off with a flick of his wrist. “I can pay for myself, fluffy. No way I’m letting you two go off to practice in secret. Get back to work, losers!”
Yuuri sighs with a small smile. “When is he going to admit that he loves being around us?”
Victor shrugs, kissing Yuuri quickly on the cheek. “Probably when he’s thirty-two. He’s like fine wine - much improved with age.”
The older man snorts at the comparison, agreeing quietly.
//
The three of them land in the airport, take the train to Hasetsu, and relax until they unload. Yuri and Victor look around in awe, even though both of them have had competitions in Japan, this kind of experience is different. Both of the visitors take in the landscape until they make their way to the port town. When they arrive at the quiet little station, Yuuri is momentarily embarrassed to remember that his home town pays high favor to his image.
Posters line every wall of Hasetsu station, and Yuuri pushes his student and the teenager out of there in a hurry, blushing and refusing autographs under his breath.
Victor digs his heels in, though, determined to take a selfie in front of the posters with the real Yuuri beside him. “You look so charming in this photo! Imagine all the press we’ll get once I tweet that we’re here together.” Yuri sticks out his tongue at them and Yuuri refuses, dragging both of them aboveground before people can flock over and bombard him with questions.
The trouble of being an internationally renowned athlete from a small town is that there is no place to escape from his notoriety here. As soon as the three of them are aboveground, Yuuri is startled to find his old ballet instructor waiting for him with her small car.
“Yuuri!” Minako says, twirling around with a banner that reads Welcome Home in kanji. “It’s great to see you!”
He laughs awkwardly, willing his heartbeat to slow down. He’d expected to have to flag down a cab, but this is certainly more convenient. “Minako-sensei,” Yuuri politely bows to her, barely refraining from speaking Japanese. “I’m home.”
//
Minako chatters to Yuuri in battered English until they make it to the inn. Victor joins in at irregular intervals and she drives along with a chipper tone. Once she drops them off at the inn, Toshiya and Hiroko come to the landing; Yuri and Victor have to hold back their laughter as Yuuri motions to the couple.
He doesn’t even have to tell the blonde and the silver-haired man who they are.
Yuuri, with his soft cheeks and dimpled smile, looks just like his mother and father, albeit significantly slimmer than either of them.
As soon as everyone says their hellos and Yuuri plays translator for a few minutes, he furrows his brow and chirps for a time before eventually moving his guests to their bedrooms. Yuuri has to pry Victor out of his mother’s hands. The woman is so busy patting Victor down and playing with his hair that her son has to murmur reprimands.
Toshiya stands around watching the madness with a smile. Yuri eventually stamps his feet with frustration, spurning the eventual movement to the upper floors.
Yuuri and Victor slump on the single bed in the older skater’s somewhat barren room. There are a few posters up of dogs, but otherwise the place doesn’t look lived in. This is unsurprising, since Yuuri hasn’t lived in the room for years.
Both skaters share a look before they flop onto the mattress. Yuri stomps over after Mari shows the teenager to his room, almost walking in on the murmuring couple kissing. He gags and points to Yuuri, asking, “Where’s the bathroom? I wanna get washed up.”
“Yura,” Yuuri grunts, falling into the soft pile of Victor’s hair on the narrow space of his bed. “It’s public and it’s downstairs. Can’t this wait?”
The blonde snarls, “There’s no way I’m going into that open-air bath. Find me as soon as you wake up!” He slams the door shut when he leaves.
Once he’s gone, the men sigh and fall asleep, momentarily rolling their eyes at Yuri’s melodramatic entrance and exit.
//
In the evening, Yuuri ambles downstairs with a yawn. He’s put on clothes from his teenage days, which still fit, for the most part. Luckily, he’d always been fond of oversized t-shirts and sweatpants. Yuuri helps his sleepy fiancé into a jinbei before they head to the living room. He teaches Victor how to sit properly - not that it matters. Yuuri doesn’t expect Victor to sit with perfect posture, and, in fact, he tells his parents that they should let Victor do his own thing once they sit at the table.
Yuri emerges from his room looking as sleepy as the older couple. Victor and Yuuri greet him while Hiroko brings familiar dishes. The teenager sits angrily, and asks, “So, where’s the bath?”
“Shh,” the legendary skater shushes him with a wave, already nervous enough. “We’ll eat first. Besides, I need to talk to my parents.” He’s mentioned the engagement to Mari already, and he’s sure that his mother’s sharp eyes have noticed the band on his right hand.
Dinner begins around seven. Yuuri tries to teach the messy blonde how to eat with chopsticks properly, and is slapped for his efforts, which just makes Victor pouty. He curls up against Yuuri pretty quickly, making the older man jolt at the shock. Mari quirks an eyebrow at her baby brother, who is flushing.
Yuuri snaps to attention, cheeks hot. He bends into a bow that shakes Victor off of his shoulders for a minute and surprises his guests. “Sorry about the sequence of events, but I’m getting married. To a man. This one, to be specific.” He shakily lifts his hands as he points to Victor, who senses the gravity of the situation and grows still. “This is Victor. My, um. My fiancé.”
“Mm,” Hiroko murmurs, smiling softly as she puts her chopsticks down. “I knew you looked different. Does he make you happy?”
“Yeah…” Yuuri drawls, turning even more red. Victor flushes a bit at his gentle expression, wondering what Yuuri’s parents could be saying that’s making him so nervous. “He does.”
Toshiya snickers. “Who cares, then? Where will you live?”
“Good question,” Yuuri mumbles. He turns to Victor and coughs awkwardly. Mari and Yuri oversee the interaction with a sort of sick amusement. “Um, sorry. My parents are asking where we want to live, like. After we get married.”
Victor hums for a moment, grinning. “I don’t care, Yuuri. Wherever you like.”
Yuri snaps to attention at that. “What? You grew up in Saint Petersburg, and now you want to leave Russia? Fuck that.”
The silver-haired skater rolls his eyes. “I’m going to be retired, Yura. Why does it matter where I make roots?” Yuri clenches his fists and stands up, opening and closing his mouth rapidly. Yuuri moves to calm him down, but Victor grabs his partner’s wrist quickly. “It’s not an obligation for me to stay in Russia. Who knows? What if I fall in love with this town?”
The teenager stomps out of the room, making the Katsuki family stare at him with concern. Still, Victor puts on his business smile and bows to Yuuri’s parents, taking his partner’s hand and hoping that he conveys his sincere emotions.
Yuuri finishes introductions while feeling slightly removed.
Once Mari, Hiroko, and Toshiya have welcomed Victor with food and drinks, Yuuri slinks away, leaving the four of them to awkwardly communicate.
Meanwhile, Yuuri adjusts his glasses and goes to find the teen he shares a name with. He finds Yuri scowling in the hallway outside of the shower room, squatting and fuming. For a long moment, the older skater just stands there, waiting for the blonde to open room for discussion.
After a few minutes, Yuuri says, “If you don’t want to use the public bath, we can draw a bath for you in a private room.”
Yuri snorts. “Not in the mood. I think I’ll just shower in the morning.”
Yuuri stands there next to him, watching the anxious rage on Yuri’s face fade to a confused pout. Once he feels confident that the blonde is going to be alright, he moves to go to the changing room and is startled to be tugged backwards.
“Where are you going?”
The brunette lifts an eyebrow. “To change and take a bath. Did you need something?”
He scuffles around for a moment. “Without Victor? Aren’t you two inseparable or something?”
Yuuri chuckles, closing his eyes. “I think we can bathe separately. Victor’s still talking to my parents, somehow. Mari speaks a little English, so they’re probably working it out.” Green eyes flick back and forth, studying the older man. Yuri finally loosens his grip, doggedly following behind the legendary skater. Yuuri is ready to peel off his t-shirt when he sees that the teenager is still next to him. “I’m going to the open-air bath. I thought you didn’t want to go.”
“It’s authentic, right?” Yuri grumbles. Under his breath, he continues, “And Victor’s busy, so it’ll be quiet.”
After a pause, Yuuri begins to laugh. “Yes, I suppose that’s true. Follow me. I’ll show you around, then.”
//
When Victor hears that Yuri and Yuuri had taken a bath together, he rolls his eyes. Furthermore, Hiroko tells him that Yuuri is already back in his room, asleep, and Victor pouts.
The information just makes Victor even more determined to traverse the city for the next week, learning as much as he can. After he bathes and meets Yuuri in the bedroom, stubbornly kissing his coach’s cheek while he’s asleep, he dreams of all the adventures they’ll have, and how many pictures he can sneak of Yuuri casually enjoying himself in his hometown.
i’d love to do a social media au for postmatty but not sure what the story line should be for it 🥲
maybe their early interactions and him being flirty? i can imagine he’s a tease over text. and there’s no way he doesn’t send her selfies all the time lol
anyway here are my wip’s at the moment:
you & i, tonight
those dreams you had pt. 2 (bf matty’s first time)
stylist girlie and matty finally getting together
summer has just been busy but hoping september can be better for writing 🤞
here to say that i absolutely love pro bono and would absolutely read a ballet adam and punk ronan au :)
aw thanks so much :) had a vision at the grocery store of adam going to ronan's concert.... you know how ballet dancers are just naturally good at dancing to any kind of music? yeah.... i'm excited to start working on it!
remember three weeks ago when I did a WIP meme? FINALLY nonelvis gets an answer. shorter version below. much, MUCH longer version over here :)
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BEHOLD: a season I just like better. It fixes things that I personally didn't like (and I have a strong Ed and Izzy bias). I wanted to do a few major things:
► keep 2x01-2x03, because I love them so damn much. this unfortunately sets the stakes *really high* for the rest of the season, so...
►... I want to rework the new characters that canon s2 had, to focus more on the Revenge's response to the 2x01-2x03 atom bomb
► I want Ed and Stede to have better-constructed arcs. Ed and Stede were, emotionally, at completely opposite poles in 2x01-2x03, and in canon I think they didn't really connect much after that. So in my version they'll do basic work to understand why their s1 meet-cute failed and how they can move on to a real relationship
► Canon left a lot of Ed's violence toward others in 2x01-2x03 unaddressed. I found the amends depicted somewhere between unsatisfying and horrifying. going to fuck around with that!
the three major acts in the season:
ACT 1 (2x01-2x03) – Trauma!
These episodes remain largely the same.
ACT 2 (2x04-2x06) – Recovery
I've edited these episodes so Stede + Ed are entirely separated from Izzy + the Crew. This gives the OTP space to work on themselves & their relationship. Likewise, Izzy has space away from Ed to go through his ~discovering himself arc and consider if he wants to reconcile with Ed. Izzy and Crew *all* get a chance to recover from The Trauma on their own, together as a community.
ACT 3 (2x07-2x08) – Reconciliation
Act 2 has given everybody time to process what happened in Act 1 and how they might come out of it as better versions of themselves and as a stronger community. Now the OTP and the Crew re-integrate and, in the 2x08 climax, prove all their work has been worth it by fighting together against an external menace. (It's Hornigold. It's got to be Hornigold. This is so obvious to me.)
