If he'd thought to worry at all, or think he'd read this wrong, or that he'd misunderstood what Yuri was saying on the ice, with that flip, with that message, that smile would wash them all away.
(He didn't. It never even crossed his mind.) "Really."
All warmth, all affection, and it's possible he's totally forgotten that he's pinning Yuri to hard ice, immediately after a physically punishing athletic performance, in front of thousands of people both here and watching on television.
(He has. He's forgotten it. What does it matter? Does anything matter but this?)
And still, Yuri's not pushing him away. Has his fingers in Victor's coat, head cradled in Victor's palm, and his cheeks are bright and so are his eyes, but the panic that had been there every time Victor got even this close back in April is nowhere to be seen.
But he should probably make sure. Right? Someone should. Two years might have been vastly different if he'd just asked. "Should I apologize?"
Even if it's said with gentle humor, the meaning is clear: did you mind?
It doesn't look like it. In fact, it doesn't much look like Yuri would mind if Victor did it again.
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Date: 2017-04-10 04:29 pm (UTC)(He didn't. It never even crossed his mind.) "Really."
All warmth, all affection, and it's possible he's totally forgotten that he's pinning Yuri to hard ice, immediately after a physically punishing athletic performance, in front of thousands of people both here and watching on television.
(He has. He's forgotten it. What does it matter? Does anything matter but this?)
And still, Yuri's not pushing him away. Has his fingers in Victor's coat, head cradled in Victor's palm, and his cheeks are bright and so are his eyes, but the panic that had been there every time Victor got even this close back in April is nowhere to be seen.
But he should probably make sure. Right? Someone should. Two years might have been vastly different if he'd just asked. "Should I apologize?"
Even if it's said with gentle humor, the meaning is clear: did you mind?
It doesn't look like it. In fact, it doesn't much look like Yuri would mind if Victor did it again.