Just stay, he says, softer than the echoing version that Victor thinks must still be bouncing around that garage, all alone now with the cars and people all gone home.
Just stay, as if it might be a sacrifice or a chore.
Just stay, as if Victor could or would be anywhere else, unless someone took him by force.
But Yuri's looking at him so shyly, and his hand feels so delicate in Victor's, and as much as he doesn't know why this is so unexpected for Yuri, he isn't going to let that keep him from doing anything and everything he can to reassure him. "Yes, I'll stay."
Smile small and fond, the quiet curl of warmth in St. Petersburg's blue and glowing summer nights, when the sun never quite leaves entirely. "There's nowhere else I want to be."
Which is true. But not everything, and he should be absolutely honest, shouldn't he, should be willing to offer everything he can to ease Yuri's mind. "And no one else I want."
Not to be with, although that's true, too, but it isn't as true. Isn't the whole truth. And Yuri deserves nothing less.
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Date: 2017-04-18 03:00 am (UTC)Just stay, as if it might be a sacrifice or a chore.
Just stay, as if Victor could or would be anywhere else, unless someone took him by force.
But Yuri's looking at him so shyly, and his hand feels so delicate in Victor's, and as much as he doesn't know why this is so unexpected for Yuri, he isn't going to let that keep him from doing anything and everything he can to reassure him. "Yes, I'll stay."
Smile small and fond, the quiet curl of warmth in St. Petersburg's blue and glowing summer nights, when the sun never quite leaves entirely. "There's nowhere else I want to be."
Which is true. But not everything, and he should be absolutely honest, shouldn't he, should be willing to offer everything he can to ease Yuri's mind. "And no one else I want."
Not to be with, although that's true, too, but it isn't as true. Isn't the whole truth. And Yuri deserves nothing less.