
tiny shortbread cookies
Because sometimes we need OG Pop Stars’ level of extra to keep us going…
I had this idea earlier today: Mila and Yuuri are invited by MTV to host a two-hour special in which they play their favorite iconic music videos, which mainly will be Viktor and Sara music videos because they’re married and in love. Should be easy right?
- Background! So, I pretty much decided Viktor and Sara “pretended” to date for like a hot second back when they were baby pop stars and it lasted a week but they did some duets together/appeared on each other’s videos, before Viktor was publicly like ‘okay folks, but I’m gay, 100%,’ and started dating Engagement #1 – because the pop industry is incestuous like that. Anyway! Their break up music video is Gwen Stefanie’s Luxurious, with Chris G. as a special guest doing all the French verses while rolling around gold glitter. (It’s important that you know Chris G. is just naked rolling around gold glitter. The sacrifices of pop legends.) THIS is the music video Yuuri and Mila publicly tweeted about once as confirming for them that they were totally into Viktor and Sara – and men and women respectively in general. In case ya’ll forgot, Viktor Nikiforov is super famous in this AU, like Michael Jackson meets Madonna in the 80s level of legend. Sara would be the equivalent of a Mariah Carey meets Whitney Houston diva – only she’s got an awesome life and marries the love of her life Mila (pop princess). Yuuri is the Prince of Pop and a music icon.
- So MTV is like, great! Let’s have you two do a countdown show! This poor director…. This poor director doesn’t even know about Yuuri…
- The first time she yells CUT, it’s because Yuuri is flashing his brand new, EVEN BIGGER diamond ring, like literally rubbing it all over the camera, saying, “Hi, I’m Yuuri Katsuki-Nikiforov, here with Mila Babicheva to countdown some of our favorite music videos–” and Mila is like, “wait, why do you have a new ring? Wait, you have a collection of rings? WHAT?” So, cut!
- Mila says, “and later we’re going to have a surprise guest” (And there’s Yuuri, looking off camera at Viktor, and the director says, “cut! Yuuri ,can you not look at Viktor for five seconds? Everyone will know he’s the surprise guest if you keep looking at him like that!” That is accurate. Poor Viktor is just trying to keep their two kids entertained.)
- Yuuri AGAIN looking off camera at Viktor when he says, “Oh, I knew I was gay before this video, but this video confirmed I was very gay, like so gay for Viktor Nikiforov.” And he’s giving Viktor a smolder and so the director cuts again: “Yuuri, please can you NOT look at Viktor? He’s supposed to be a surprise guest.” And Yuuri is offended now, because he is NOT the only party at fault: “Fine, then tell Viktor to stop doing that thing with his lip!” So poor Viktor has to stand by the food table for nervously nibbling on his bottom lip.
- Yuuri trying to run his hand over his face, down his neck, like he is sneakily (not really) trying to show off his ring again. The director is just done with them all. So, there you have it: Yuuri Katsuki-Nikiforov running his hand down his clavicle and saying, “and next is one of my favorite videos, mainly because it includes my husband covered by a sheet, rolling over a rug by the fireplace.”
- Mila being the normal one for once, like, “Okay, but can we NOT play the video in which my wife sings how ‘serious’ her love for Viktor is?” and Yuuri being all, “agree, we’re burning that one.“
- Mila is shook because: "You really look at your husband like that in front of your kids?” And Yuuri isn’t even sure why that is a question because, “My kids know we love each other. Also, they’re toddlers. They literally think the family giraffe is like a really big puppy.”
THE END. Or is it???