Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood

by Siderion

Pieces of Victor, Chris and Yuuri's life over the years. 24th: In more than one way, for Victor, these months away with Yuuri feel like a rebirth.

6. It is not now as it hath been of yore—

SUMMARY For the first time, skating feels horrible to Yuuri.

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Prompt: Crash

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IT IS NOT NOW AS IT HATH BEEN OF YORE;—

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Timeline: 16ᵀᴴ December 2015 | USA, Detroit, Yuuri & Phichit's skating club

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When he goes back to Detroit after his disastrous GPF, Yuuri's first reflex, after leaving his luggages at his flat, is to go back to the rink to skate his feelings off.

He falls out of his quad loop (the only one he's mastered so far), messes up his triple axel (his best jump, his own signature move).

The ice leaves an ashen taste in his mouth (painful flashbacks). He can't help feeling betrayed by the only place that always managed to be his refuge before.

At least, nobody is there to witness the complete breakdown he has after that.