there needs to be a mamma mia 3 because there needs to be a role for hugh jackman in this franchise
Harry’s boyfriend?
YOU’RE HIRED
Oh you wanted a plot??? You wanted some PLOT???
WE OPEN on the idyllic Greek island, an undetermined amount of years after the sequel- but the baby is old enough to be a Character. This is relevent.
Little Donnie Sheridan’s (Sky took Sophie’s name and you damn well know it don’t @ me) school is having a big heritage event. With the ever-growing success of the Hotel Bella Donna, quite a few people have gotten caught up in the beauty of the island abd decided to move there (like Donna), making the place a little more multi-cultural, and the school wants to celebrate that. It’s going to be a HUGE multi-day event, focusing first on Greek Culture and history but then shifting into the kids giving presentations of their heritage. They’re even having kids take those little ancestry tests for fun! How cute, right!
EXCEPT SOMEONE’S GOT THREE GRANDPA’S AND THUS FINDING OUT IF HE’S IRISH, BRITISH OR SWEDISH MIGHT GIVE SOME SECRETS AWAY.
Everyone is Stricken. Things are gonna get dramatic as fuck. And of course- the hotel is hosting the heritage event!
Harry and Bill (and Rosie, who is still with Bill) rush off to the island so they can figure out what to do. Tanya also jets off to the island because she refuses to miss out on any drama.
Sophie is torn- because she doesn’t want to lose any of her dads, but after so many years of feeling like she didn’t know who she is, she doesn’t want her son to go through that pain. She thinks maybe it would be good for him to take the test. Sky thinks everyone is being ridiculous because he never really understood why they didn’t want a DNA test in the first place. He and Sophie get in a fight over it.
Meanwhile, with the Granddaddy Trio™, things are hectic. Sam is trying to be the voice of reason, trying to assure the others that no matter who is biologically Sophie’s father, they’re all her Dads and that won’t change. Bill is trying to come up with a scheme to sabotage the tests so they won’t have to find out, and enlists Rosie to help him. Harry, however, is just…..heartbroken. Remember how much he wanted a family in the first movie? How thrilled he was at the idea that Sophie MIGHT be his? How at the end of the second one he was pushing, hoping that he saw some of himself in little Donnie? The thought of loosing that is tearing him apart. My poor man.
We have a scene of Tanya and Harry hanging out- Harry jutted off to Greece so fast that he didn’t have time to get a dog sitter, so Lucy and Kipper are with him this movie and he’s taking them for a walk. Tanya has tagged along because she picked up on his reaction to this DNA nonsense, but the only advice she can offer him is that he should get hammered.
Suddenly, his dogs pick up the scent of something, and tear off running, dragging Harry along behind them. They keep up until they meet another pair of dogs, also dragging their owner, and with the dogs jumping around each other, Harry and the other man get tied up together in the leashes because F I G H T M E.
Once they get sorted out, we get a proper look at the new comer- it’s Hugh Jackman. His hair’s a little on the messier side, he’s wearing stylish clothes and a winning smile. He makes some witty quip about the dogs. Tanya is Visibly Thirsting. Harry is feeling so awkward he can barely form a sentence. Hugh Jackman is seemingly endeared by that.
Various other scenes- Sophie with each of her dads and Donnie with each of his grandpa’s. Sophie, Tanya and Rosie telling Donnie all about his grandma. Sky eventually coming to his senses and making up with Sophie. Multiple scenes of Harry and Hugh Jackman having run-ins all over the island, getting to know each other a little better each time. Tanya keeps missing the signs and thinks Hugh Jackman is into her. But Hugh Jackman and Harry make plans to meet up at the event.
We reach the height of the plot- the 3 Day Heritage Fair begins. On the first day of it, the whole family attends, where Harry is met with the shocking truth- HUGH JACKMAN IS DONNIE’S TEACHER THAT PUT THE WHOLE EVENT TOGETHER. HUGH JACKMAN IS THE ONE WHO IS ABOUT TO TAKE HIS FAMILY AWAY FROM HIM.
Bill gets wind that the test results are going to be given out to the kids the next day, so they’ll be able to prepare for their presentations on the 3rd day. He puts his plan to get/sabotage the tests in motion, but of course things go awry. Tanya decides to help them pull off the plan by trying to seduce Hugh Jackman so he’ll be distracted while they’re, you know, robbing him.
Harry, not in on the plan, downs a few drinks to steel his nerves before going to meet up with Hugh Jackman, but when he gets there he sees Tanya kissing him and grows Distrught and runs off. He misses the part where Hugh Jackman was caught off guard and pushed Tanya off him, telling her he wasn’t interested.
Hugh Jackman stalks off and returns to his hotel room, where he catches Bill and Rosie robbing him. He makes a Big Commotion which draws Sam, Sophie, Donnie and a now very intoxicated Harry to the scene. They all start arguing- Hugh Jackman thinks the DNA situation ridiculous, Sam is angry with Bill for his actions, Bill and Rosie are mad at each other because Bill blames them getting caught on Rosie, Harry’s still upset with Hugh Jackman, Sophie’s stressed out that her dads are all acting like this when she might be loosing them in a few hours, and Donnie is desperately pleading with everyone to calm down but it’s falling on deaf ears. This ends with EVERYONE saying things they’ll later regret and stalking off.
Heartbroken, Donnie rushes off to his favorite spot on the island to calm down- the fountain from the first movie. As he cries, someone begins lovingly carding their fingers through his hair, and they lightly say ‘Aphrodite’s up to her old tricks again’. He looks up. It’s Meryl Motherfucking Streep, y’all. She smiles at him, assures him everything will work out somehow, probably sings a short song, and vanishes into the moonlight.
The next day. Everyone’s on edge. Cher and Andy Garcia arrive from where ever they had been- she and Sophie have indeed grown closer since the second movie, and at the height of her stress Sophie called her for advice. The two of them, Rosie, and Tanya all have like, A Moment where they probably sing about how men ruin everything or w/e.
We cut to Sam, Bill and Harry. They’re all still arguing from last night, and Harry’s massively hungover. Bill and Harry want Sam to stfu because he’s Sophie’s stepfather and literally lives with her, so even if he’s not her biological father he won’t stand to feel like he’s loosing her the same way the others will. As their fight hits it’s climax, Fernando™ appears, having over heard them, and decides to offer some advice. Since he didn’t find out about the existence of his daughter Donna until after she died (rip that from my COLD DEAD HANDS I dare you), he feels that the men are being. Ridiculous. Because even if only one of them made Sophie they still all get the chance to know her and see her live her life, and she wants all three of them. They are all quieted by the memory of Donna, and take his advice to heart. Harry leaves to take an introspective walk with his dogs.
We cut to Donnie and Sky walking around the fair together, because Sky literally never gets enough screen time so we might as well put him there. Sky is trying to convince Donnie that everything will be okay once he gets the DNA test. Hugh Jackman appears and hands Donnie the results, and the boy runs off.
Harry, on his walk, witnessed the scene and goes over to Hugh Jackman to talk to him. Hugh Jackman is seemingly annoyed with Harry, presumably because of the whole robbery plot from the night before. Harry is still upset about the kiss with Tanya, but neither say anything. Just exchange some very stiff comments about how they missed their plans last night and walk off without rescheduling for that night. As they walk away from each other bet your ass they’re doing a dramatic duet.
We get a scene between Sophie and Donnie- he’s holding the unopened results in his hands and is asking his mother what to do. She tells him that he’s growing up and can make the decision for himself. It’s a very sweet and touching scene. Donnie heads back in the direction of the fountain.
Night falls on the fair. Sophie and her 3 fathers all sing a song together at some point. Sky approaches Hugh Jackman to formally apologize for the insane family, because the teacher obviously hadn’t been expecting this when he put together a fun celebration for the islanders, but he also pleads for Hugh Jackman to understand what this is doing to everyone. Just to calm things over and insure no criminal charges are called on Bill and Rosie lol. Hugh Jackman softens a bit, but still doesn’t seem to quite get it. He heads off and then comes across Donnie, Harry, Sam and Bill all having like a super sweet moment together, and realizes Maybe This Isn’t That Weird Or Creepy. Bill sees the teacher and splits, and Sam Knows what’s going on with him and Harry so he makes some bs excuse, leaving Donnie alone with his teacher and Grandpa #3. They talk for a few moments, Harry mentions how much he loves his family. Hugh Jackman decides to tell Donnie he doesn’t have to do the presentation tomorrow, so he won’t have to see the results, but the second he mentions the project the boy runs off. Hugh Jackman asks Harry if he wants to grab a drink, but Harry, still not knowing the full story with Tanya that night before, snaps at him about it and leaves.
The Final Day is here. No one can find Donnie. Bill and Rosie make up. Sam, Sophie and Cher all have a moment looking at a picture of Donna. Tanya discovers that Harry saw the kiss and tells him what really happened, and that Hugh Jackman is actually into Harry. Before Harry can do anything with that information, though, the presentations begin, and as Hugh Jackman is the teacher he has to be on stage at all times.
We get a mini-montage of kids putting on disaster projects and it’s funny. Finally, the last presentation of the night. Donnie Sheridan is called to the stage.
He seems shy on the stage. He is clutching the envelope with the DNA test results in his hands. He starts talking about his family, his parents, his super star grandma and her friends, his great-grandparents, and his three grandpa’s. He tells the (abridged) story of how they all came together. He says he read the test results. He says they don’t matter, because family’s not always about blood, and he already knows who he is and what he has and it doesn’t have to do with where anyone came from. He starts singing ‘Thank You For The Music’ with no accompaniment. He gets more confident as he goes on, and right where the song ends music starts up and he slides into ‘I Have A Dream’. Sophie and a ghostly Donna join him. All of us, in the theater seats, are sobbing like bitches.
He gets applause. Cher, being herself, makes some comment about it not being upbeat enough for her tastes and then turns into a Full Group Number (probably another dancing queen reprise lmao). The whole family is joyus over how this worked out.
Harry finally catches Hugh Jackman and apologizes for acting so hostile. Hugh Jackman apologizes that he apparently wasn’t clear enough on just how much he’s into Harry. They sing a big song and kiss by the end.
Things wind down so it can be a happy ending- maybe a throwback to the end of the first one where everyone is hugging on the docks or something idk. The credit song, of course, is iconic.
We can work out an official song list/song placement later, but listen….I’ve decided this is happening someone get me Universal on the line
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Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more…?
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Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more…?
Nick and Charlie are characters from my debut novel, Solitaire. Heartstopper updates three times a month, on the 1st, 11th, and 21st.
i really appreciate reblogs and shares – please help me spread word about this comic! i’m so excited for people to read it!
Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more…?
Nick and Charlie are characters from my debut novel, Solitaire. Heartstopper updates three times a month, on the 1st, 11th, and 21st.
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Wednesday Katsuki-Nikiforov is born
higher-ranking than her parents and her brother, which is (according to Minako)
“an insult to the laws of Demon nature!” (and per Yakov also “completely impossible.”)
But here they are – two demons still in their 1900 years having babies and by
default upsetting all the elders with what should otherwise be impossible.
All that to say, Yuuri has a
headache and Viktor was so distraught he accidentally cut his hair, which is the real tragedy as far as Yuuri is concerned. He rubs at his temples, thinking that the whole having a family thing is completely overrated and he
should’ve just slapped Viktor again, instead of pursuing the whole energypod business for their second child. Viktor was the one that wanted another baby anyway! He asserts in his mind, feeling confident in his judgement.
Thinking on it some more, Yuuri
shouldn’t have accepted to have a second baby, period.
As I promised in my follower celebration post, I wanted to spread some love through a fic rec post! And now I finally came around to make it! ＼(
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I’m sorry for not going into detail what I loved about them here or leave comments here, because I’m trying to keep the post’s length under control. All of these 17 fics (and 2 comics) deserve a commentary and a detailed recommendation post of their own and I hope I’ll find the time to do that for all of them one day.
Please share this post (and the love), so more people can see the recommendations. Also if you start reading some of these, please consider leaving the writers a Kudos and maybe even a comment. We writers love feeling recognised and cherished! It motivates us to write on ♡ The order in which I name the fics is random.
My Top Three Favourite Fics (all Multi-Chapters):
Listen, I love all three of them so much. I binge read them all when I found them. They all made me feel so many things and I might have cried now and then while reading any of them (for different reasons).Those are fics I would reread – I don’t even know how often. They are just so incredibly well done.
Empty Spaces Between Stars(WIP) by astudyinrose [ E | creator choose not to use archive warnings (mind the notes to the
chapters!) | Victuuri | canon universe / AU canon divergence / fake
relationship AU | 17/? | 185k ] Summary: Victor gets just as drunk as Yuuri at the Sochi Banquet, and they
disappear together after the dance-offs. They wake up the morning after
with rings on their fingers, and pictures of them kissing after getting
married the night before are all over the tabloids… but neither of
them remembers a thing. They decide to stay married for a while for the
sake of Victor’s sponsorships, and in exchange, Victor coaches Yuuri
through nationals…
Dance of the Red Death by Strange and Intoxicating -rsa- [ M | no archive warnings (no MCD, despite the story dealing with AIDS, so read the FAQ and the tags first!) | Victuuri | canon universe / AU canon divergence | 11/11 | 80k ] Summary: Find something to live for.Viktor Nikiforov
loved too much. What begins as a cough morphs into something that takes
the shape of an unseen monster hiding in his very blood. With the
Russian government scrambling to sweep under the rug the worst of a
crisis that’s been thirty-five years in the making and a society that
sees his disease as a death sentence, Viktor is left with figuring out
his own way to survive.It starts as a way to escape— a youtube
video of music and color and light, but quickly becomes something he
never expected when Yuri Katsuki teaches him that surviving is not
living. Yuri teaches him that living is taking the jump into unknown and
accepting all that comes with it.This is not a story of anger. This is not a story of fear. This is not even a story of pain. This is a 21st Century love overcoming the obstacles of the 20th Century’s politics of fear.This is a story of life. Complete + Epilogue + FAQ
Come Out of Hiding (I’m Right Here Beside You) by osaki_nana_707 [ M/E (not rated by the author) | creator choose not to use archive warnings (check the tags & notes!) | Victuuri | Music AU / Actors AU / Broadway AU | 33/33 | 84k ] Summary: After forgetting the words to his song during a vocal competition as a
teenager, Yuuri Katsuki decided singing was not for him. Instead he went
to NYU to study English. He never expected Viktor Nikiforov, Broadway
star extraordinaire looking to direct his first production on the stage,
would ever find his up-and-coming lead… in him.
Hello fam! Welcome back! Ya’ll remember where we left off in our last episode of Pop Stars 2.0– or VikNik and Astronomer Yuuri, a love story under the stars? Yes, I’m being intentionally cheesy. Okay, so if you have not yet caught up on Episode 3, go overhere(which will also take you to part I and II).
And now, our feature presentation.
Part IV, or Episode 4, or Viktor is a Princess
Yuuri is going to have a heart-attack with this whole
Viktor Nikiforov business. Apparently, Yuuri is going to the AMAs with Viktor Nikiforov,
alias the King of Pop, because 1) Viktor asked him (and had already invested in
an expensive Italian suit for Yuuri,
so he feels compelled to go,) and 2) Viktor is not his student (at least according to Viktor’s new schedule, which
has a lot of very diverse classes). The last one is a relief because Viktor’s
new haircut makes him look like a legitimate sex god (and Yuuri may have
already thought the same) in a poncho—and Yuuri is worried about what might
happen when Viktor puts something more form-fitting.
“I’m so happy you said yes!” Viktor squeals, bringing
out his phone to type with one hand while he uses the other to hold his
smoothie. It’s just a little creepy that he doesn’t even have to look at the
screen. “I suppose there really could only be one tragedy per 24 hours,” he
sighs, looking resigned about his hair (again).
“Right,” Yuuri nods. “Well, uh, was there anything else
you needed? You have a class in another building starting soon, so you might
want to—”
“Walk me there?” Viktor asks, pout evident on his
lips.
“I don’t know that—”
Yuuri can’t bring himself to deny Viktor, who brings
out a little tub of Chanel lip balm to dab it over his lips. He shakes his head
to regain his thoughts and his students’ homework assignments.
“—I have the time. Sorry.”
“But what if I get lost?” Viktor tries harder, fanning
his eyelashes so hard that Yuuri worries he has something stuck in his eye.
“Well, you have bodyguards with you, don’t you?” Yuuri
offers with a smile. “We can, uh, grab coffee later. If you want.” – Because Yuuri
wants and it’s obvious Viktor wants,
and Phichit told him he’s not allowed to come home until he properly asks
Viktor out on a date. (“Do it for every Middle and High School kid that once
wore kneepads to school to be more like Viktor Nikiforov!”)
Viktor looks uneasy, “Uh.”
“You do have
your bodyguards with you, right?” Yuuri blanches, concerned by the sudden
silence that has overcome Viktor.
Viktor whines, “I couldn’t let anyone see me like this!”
“Like you’re about to pose for the cover of Vogue?”
Yuuri snaps. “Oh my god, Viktor!”
“You think I look good enough to be on Vogue?” Viktor
blushes, trying to jump over the desk to reach him. He jumps, sending his
rolling chair sliding back. “Yuuri!”
“I’m serious. You came to school on your own?”
“No, of course not, my chauffeur brought me,” Viktor
says dismissively, “but he can’t exactly take me to my next class. So can you
take me, please?”
And what’s the harm, right? So, Yuuri says yes.
.
Mobs.
Mobs of students looking for a social media post
opportunity with Viktor Nikiforov, who is now magically sporting a new haircut.
That’s reason #1 why Yuuri should never offer
to walk Viktor Nikiforov to a musical theater class ever again.
“Viktor, you’re going to need to run, or at least walk
a little bit faster!” Yuuri snaps at him, trying to drag him to a detour in
hopes that they can reach a security post, or at least another empty-looking building,
and get some help. He should’ve known the relative calm of the previous day was
only going to last for as long as the entire student body didn’t know that
Viktor was enrolled. That was now out of the question.
“Run in these shoes?” Viktor gasps, looking completely
insulted for a minute. He actually has the gall to pull Yuuri back for a
minute: “Yuuri, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but these boots are practically
sown onto my legs and go all the way up mid-thigh. Unless you want me to twist
an ankle and fall and die of embarrassment,
you don’t want to see me running in these heels.”
.
That’s not actually true.
Viktor could
run in his expensive thigh-high boots (and dance and even do the splits in them),
but he’s never had to and he’s not starting now when he’s having so much more
fun letting Yuuri hold his hand and pull him away from a crowd of excited
students just trying to get a little selfie. Viktor would stop, but Yuuri looks
so cute concerned about him, what with the little furrow of his brows and his squared
jaw. He could actually swoon a little, but instead he sips on his smoothie and
keeps taking these leap-like jumps to keep up with Yuuri.
“Okay, this is ridiculous,” Yuuri huffs, stopping only
for a second. Viktor watches in confusion as Yuuri begins to bend down and –
“Oh my god!”
Viktor clasps his hands together, not even bothering with the left-behind
smoothie tumbler on the floor. Now, in all of his million fantasies about
Yuuri, developed in a matter of days, the idea that Yuuri could actually princess
carry him was not in any of them. This, though, is a gamechanger, and Viktor is going to have to revisit every single
one of his wet dreams to add a little tidbit in each one that includes in giant
red letters YUURI KATSUKI CAN BENCHPRESS ME. And who would’ve thought that behind
Yuuri’s slim figure are the arms of a champion. “Yuuri,” Viktor says, completely
breathless.
Look, Viktor has always had fantasies about falling in
love with a lonely, bad boy bodyguard and being princess carried from a Grammys
stage – but he blames Hollywood for that, okay? Even legendary pop stars can
have warped perceptions of romance thanks to Hollywood. But this is so real; Viktor wants to cry and cheer
and fuck Yuuri—not in that order, exactly,
or maybe in that order? Definitely no tears after sex (that only happened to
him once).
Yuuri looks at him, soft eyes pure caramel behind his glasses:
“Uh, is this okay?”
“Yes!” Viktor nods, still gasping for air. “B—but are
you okay? I’m not really in shape right now so—”
“Viktor, you’re fine. You’re beautiful,” Yuuri tells
him, almost tripping up the stairs into a building.
And, sure, if Yuuri had fallen and dropped him then,
he would’ve bruised something, but he’s still trapped in Yuuri telling him he’s
beautiful. It’s everything. Yuuri is
everything.
But Viktor already knew that.
.
“And then,”
Viktor sighs for the millionth time as he paces his bedroom, “he just picked me
up and kept running with me in his arms, Chris. He put his very life on the line
to get me to safety. And then he almost tripped trying to get us up the front
stairs of the next building, but he was still so heroic and we kissed in front
of a fountain. Or, actually, I accidentally kissed his nose and he sneezed! But
not everyone can be Whitney Houston in the Bodyguard.”
“You have got to let go of that movie,” Chris says
pointedly. “Anyway, I’m glad things are working out with your boy toy. But tell
me, how was math class?”
“Math class?” Viktor blinks, inching down to give
Makkachin noses kisses. “What class?”
“What he was walking you to…?” Chris tries again.
“Oh, that,”
Viktor repeats, like that’s going to make anything more sense. It all makes
more sense to him, at least. “So, I decided to go to musical theater class
instead.”
“Musical theater—did you change your schedule again?”
Again
is a little unfair. It’s true, but it’s also making it sound like Viktor changed
his schedule ten times when he only changed it eight.
“Viktor! I thought we decided you were going to take
Calculus!”
And, yes, they discussed Calculus, but when was Viktor
going to actually use it?
Viktor pouts, “But singing! And costumes! Musical
theater was so much more fun! And the professor asked for my autograph.” He adds
with a singing voice, “I think I’m going to get an A.”
“That, that is exactly why we said you weren’t doing musical theater! Because you can get
an easy A,” Chris groans. Viktor can hear him dropping something in the
background. It clatters. “Viktor, you have an amazing brain. Just use it. Don’t
you want to impress Yuuri?”
Vikor always wants to impress Yuuri. That is the whole
point of staying in college.
“But I already accepted to do lyrics for my group.”
“Viktor, I have to go. Alex is home and – Alex, where have you been? Don’t you see I’ve
been stirring this pot for the past half hour? I tell you, you try to make
a house a home. Anyway, I made us dinner, so I need to go finish preparing.”
“Oh, oh, right,” Viktor clears his throat. Ever since
Chris got himself a boyfriend, it’s been different. “Same here. I have to go,
uh, drink my other smoothie of the day.”
He’s not even sure he has another smoothie in the
fridge.
.
Phichit can’t believe what he’s hearing.
“Hold up, so, you’re going to the AMAs and you princess carried Viktor
Nikiforov today?” Phichit laughs.
Yuuri huffs, waving a wooden spoon around by the oven,
“And when we got to his class, he broke out into song: Better late than never, he sang. And Minako actually gave him a
standing ovation.”
“Oh my god, that’s amazing!”
“Did you miss the part where he kissed my nose? He almost
ate my nose!”
Phichit snorts, “Okay, but did you like it?”
There’s a long, stretched out silence before Yuuri squeaks,
“Yes.”
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If you have specific needs in a pet such as for a service animal which usually requires having the dog from puppyhood, please go to your chosen breed’s club website and find a reputable breeder. If the breeder you choose will not let you tour the facilities or only lets you meet certain dogs, has puppies basically on demand, and is not your national breed club approved…it is likely a mill. Reputable breeders will have waiting lists, sometimes as long as a year, for their puppies and you will be required to be vetted first as well as pay a deposit.
Please support rescues or shelters first and foremost, but if you must buy a breeder puppy, do so responsibly!)
Mari’s never let him hear the end of this since age 18, and now Yuuri is paying dearly for it.
Vicchan is a lovely, flawless specimen of the toy poodle breed. His bite is strong and well-aligned, his coat is the perfect texture and sheen, his eyes are clear, his temperament calm and obedient. Against all odds, his family finally made it to Westminster with Vicchan.
Yuuri wears a suit with a patterned blue tie and tries not to upchuck all over the Garden.
See, the thing is…Vicchan’s registered name is “Katsuki’s Victor Nikiforov.” As in the world famous owner of multi-time champion Makkachin, who is loved beyond compare in the world of kennel clubs and green carpets.
A man…currently judging Vicchan while he stands perfectly still on a raised platform. Victor the Human Yuuri has never ever fantasized about make outs with checks Vicchan’s teeth. “He’s beautiful,” he says after a moment.
“We think so,” Mari says. Her visible piercings and bleached hair make her a bit of a stand out among all the hairspray and pearls. She gives zero fucks as always.
A taller judge with blond hair and round glasses inspects Vicchan’s haunches. “He’s very well-bred, yeah. I can’t see a single flaw.”
Yuuri nods politely. Mari smiles.
“Vicchan,” Victor the Human says. “Almost like – “ He checks the official registration info which features Vicchan’s full name. “Oh.”
Yuuri winces, then chooses an escape route. “Mari chose it! It was solely her! I had nothing to do with it! Who even is this dog?”
Vicchan gives Yuuri an odd face, and he will apologize for a week in recompense. However, Mari turns in slow motion with eyes full of rage and murder aimed at Yuuri. “What.”
Human Victor’s smile is a bit disappointed. He leans close to Yuuri, dropping his voice low. “I was hoping you are my fan,” he whispers as he touches Yuuri’s lower back.
Yuuri spontaneously combusts.
Victor and the other judges move to a sour looking guy’s Husky as they’re onto the working dogs next. Yuuri has a sudden need for a velvet divan, smelling salts, and a fan made of crimson-dyed ostrich feathers.
What he gets instead is a slap upside the head from his older sister punctuated with indignant, shrill Japanese curse words.
Vicchan does not win Best in Show but he does win Best in Group, and it’s better than they could have hoped.
February in New York carries winds that bite against Yuuri’s cheeks, and when Mari suggests Le Bernadin to celebrate, Yuuri agrees because he’s starving and they can justify the fancier than usual fare thanks to their win. Vicchan winning means more notoriety for their kennel, and that means more money which will be good for their legacy.
As Yuuri puts on a mask and wraps a scarf around his neck, a tap on the shoulder alerts him to Human Victor. He’s in thick camel wool and leather gloves. “Yuuri, I was hoping…your Vicchan is lovely,” he finishes kind of…well, lamely to be honest.
Yuuri stares in confused crush since high school.
“You’re lovely,” Victor blurts next, then turns red, then coughs.
“You’re doing great, honey,” calls the bespectacled blond judge from before. Is he sarcastic? No one knows for sure.
Mari, snorting as she gets out a cigarette, seems to think sarcasm. “You kids have fun,” she deadpans. “I’ll see what Mom’s college friend is up to. She lives on the UWS.”
Yuuri barely registers her leaving. Victor is a bit blushy still, but Yuuri is fairly confident he’s no better. “Do you like caviar, Yuuri?”
“Ah…yes,” Yuuri manages. “Do you?” He winces. Victor asked him. He’s a dingus.
“You’re also doing great, honey,” blond judge adds with a slow clap.
Yuuri’s sigh is both loud and baleful.
“Caviar Russe?” Victor tries. He gestures at the blond judge, who pretends to read the Wall Street Journal instead.
“Sure,” Yuuri replies.
After taking a cab to their destination, Victor opens doors, holds out chairs, orders with Yuuri’s approval, and they exchange numbers before he brings Yuuri back to his Air BNB.
He may linger as he kisses Yuuri’s cheek goodnight, and Yuuri may let him.
wabi sabi 