Rated: E
Summary: After letting their friendship fade five years ago, Otabek and Yuri meet again when Otabek has a gig in St. Petersburg. Although Otabek hasn’t changed much, Yuri certainly has, going from diminutive to debonair. Can Yuri learn to love himself, and can Otabek learn to accept the love he’s offered?
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love that ryan shane and steven dont have active public accounts on tumblr, so either we are here with tumblr user wearewatcher as a babysitter, or they are lurking. stalking.
THE WAY RYAN SAYS HIS NAME AND THEIR HUG AND THEM APOLOGIZING TO EACH OTHER AND REAFFIRMING THEIR FRIENDSHIP AND. I’m normal about this. NORMAL
Dungeons & Dragons : Honor Among Thieves ( 2023 )
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I haven’t actually read that many OtaYuri fics but these are my favorites!
My soul is an empty carousel at sunset by dawnstruck
T | 13.8K | 1/1 | Slowburn, Hurt/Comfort
Yuri grows up and grows older and grows into himself. Otabek helps. It just takes a while to get there.
Part 1 of Demi!Yuri
Under your skin the moon is alive by dawnstruck
E | 14.8K | 1/1 | NSFW
Long distance relationships aren't easy, but that just means they've got to make each moment matter, got to make it memorable, got to make it mean more.
Part 2 of Demi!Yuri
Once Mine, Now Yours by TripCreates
T | 7.9K | 3/3 | Fluff
"You’ll have to come here to get it,” Yuri wrote. Otabek smiled at the lack of denial Yuri showed for taking the scarf. “Maybe I will.” “Try and take it back if you can.” Otabek stared at his phone screen. Wait, was Yuri flirting with him?
Or while scrolling through Instagram, Otabek realizes where his missing scarf went.
i walk my days on a wire by idrilka
E | 14.5K | 2/2 | NSFW
“Asia sucked without you,” Yuri admits eventually after a moment, as he falls backwards onto the bed, his t-shirt riding up. It must be still hot in Saint Petersburg, if the forecast is to be believed, but Yuri has the hood up, obscuring his face at this angle. “But we all went back to the hot spring run by Katsuki’s family after the Fukuoka show, so I guess it wasn’t that bad.”
A story of a relationship, told in photographs and Skype calls.
anywhere i go, there you are by astrid_fischer
M | 24K | 1/1 | Slow Burn
There must have been a moment. When everything changed, whether or not he knew it. There must have been, but it’s impossible to find now. The full-color truth of it is already saturating a slideshow of black and white mental images and he can’t remember what they looked like before.
or: it takes yuri plisetsky three years to realize he’s in love with his best friend.
chasing fireflies by copperwings
M | 26.7K | 3/3 | Strangers to lovers, angst, fluff
Yuri has never been good with social interactions or with people in general. But there is a staring contest with Mila’s former classmate Otabek in a dingy diner at 2 AM, and then all of a sudden this Otabek guy wants to hang out with him… Motorcycle rides, sticky watermelon kisses and summer shenanigans ensue, and they spend the summer building their relationship while Yuri tries to come to terms with the fact that he just doesn’t fit into the norms of society.
Or: the fic in which Yuri is neuroatypical and a demisexual, and Otabek is just generally awesome and endlessly patient.
Do you ever find yourself over-using the word “said” in your writing? Try using these words/phrases instead:
stated
commented
declared
spoke
responded
voiced
noted
uttered
iterated
explained
remarked
acknowledged
mentioned
announced
shouted
expressed
articulated
exclaimed
proclaimed
whispered
babbled
observed
deadpanned
joked
hinted
informed
coaxed
offered
cried
affirmed
vocalized
laughed
ordered
suggested
admitted
verbalized
indicated
confirmed
apologized
muttered
proposed
chatted
lied
rambled
talked
pointed out
blurted out
chimed in
brought up
wondered aloud
(NOTE: Keep in mind that all of these words have slightly different meanings and are associated with different emotions/scenarios.)
more of these two, I have no off button atm.
some observations on color coding eyewear in ficton and their meanings