'cause this is what a love song sounds like

[genice]

WHO: Victor Nikiforov & Eichi, Carolina, Yuuri, & OPEN heading in this log
WHERE: Eluvio; from the ice rink to the residential levels and beyond.
WHEN: February 14th, 0800 onward.
WHAT: Victor and friends deal with the fallout from the critical systems failure onboard the Eluvio.
WARNINGS: Warning for anxiety and panic attacks.

( ooc: individual starters are below; I should have an open one up later tonight or in the next day or so! )

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[genice]

( Viktor realises he hadn't been holding his breath. It's a small detail, but it's a deeper certainty, the belief that they probably hadn't needed the words in order to be bound together as tightly as they are. It's a formality. A formality he appreciates, even if he has no rings to offer here; even if all he has is the intent to keep working hard in a situation he's keeping up with through determination rather than talent.

He moves back up to his feet at Yuuri's tug, bringing their hands up as he does. Viktor's lips find Yuuri's right hand, kissing the ring that he'd slid on there as a good luck charm a few months earlier. If he can do nothing more than empower that charm for Yuuri, then he hopes to do so every day of his life here on this crazy ride they call their life. )

Yuuri...

( he had no need or desire to hold back after that, letting his happiness bubble up and overflow, letting go of both hands so abruptly because he's throwing himself forward and crushing Yuuri in another hug. )

You've made me the happiest man in the universe!

( Think Big. they're not just on one planet now! Viktor nuzzles his face into the crook of Yuuri's neck, just wanting to hold on to him and this moment and that certainty for as long as he can. it's such a warmth he doesn't know how to really let it go.

even if everything else is falling to pieces around them, little by little, this much, this piece of peace, is theirs. )

[yokunaru]

[Smiling helplessly, Yuuri melts into that embrace, shivering just so as Viktor's hair tickles at his neck. He doesn't know how long they stand there, wrapped around each other like that, but Yuuri takes his time in drawing back slightly. With a gentle tug, Yuuri brings Viktor's right hand to his lips to kiss Viktor's ring in turn--an exchange of luck and belief that connects them.

Without letting go of Viktor's hand, which he clasps between his own, Yuuri studies his face in the room's dim lighting.]

Not that I'm complaining, but... why did you decide to ask now?

[genice]

( Viktor leans in again, resting his forehead against Yuuri's. In this dim lighting, it puts him into sharper contrast; leaves enough room for them both to breathe without adding in a distance Viktor doesn't want right now. His fingers curl around Yuuri's hands, warmth radiating up his arm from where those tender lips pressed down over his ring. Empowering what they both can give to each other, in that quiet space, in that love he doesn't doubt. a bond that goes beyond it, even, so deep as to be unshakeable even if the details are left murky time to time.

he smiles, eyes closing as he breathes out in a soft huff of amusement. the best laid plans of both god and man... )

I was going to ask yesterday. Things got a little off track.

( He's a big romantic sap, even if most would never have guessed, once upon a dream. )

[yokunaru]

You were going to ask on Valentine's Day.

[A hint of amusement mixed with fondness laces his words now, and he chuckles softly. That does sound like something Viktor would do, now that he thinks about it.]

Were you going to wait until after the exhibition? [Prepping for a performance, even one that wouldn't be scored and judged, would've been hectic and leave no time for a proposal--at least, he that's what he assumes.]

[genice]

Mm... Did I ever play my exhibition music for you?

( he knows he hasn't, at least not for the new routine he had been planning to skate. it's also his answer, on several levels: not quite after and of course I was going to ask then.

He figures Chris would have excused the re-appropriation of his birthday. )

[yokunaru]

[That's not...an answer. Yuuri narrows his eyes, mentally replaying Viktor's words and searching for what he might've missed the first time.

There's a suspicion growing in his mind now.]

No... you didn't. [He says slowly, almost warily.] What was it?

[genice]

Oh, "Death of a Bachelor." I should really play it for you.

( For a man who could choose to be subtle, Viktor just often chooses to be anything but. )

[yokunaru]

[Yuuri chokes. That...is definitely not subtle.] There's actually a song by that name?

[Speaking of not subtle though...Yuuri stiffens when something occurs to him.]

Wait...you weren't...going to do something during this song, were you?

[genice]

( Ahahaha... he laughs, rubbing at the back of his head. )

During it? I was planning on skating.

( AFTER............ THOUGH..................................... )