Pandora here, presenting today's prompt 'lollipop'. In this Yuri is 16 (nearly 17) and JJ is 20 - they are at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.
JJ can't get his thoughts in order. The general noise in the green room – idle chatter with the occasional burst of laughter – doesn't bother him; he spends half his time in busy environments after all, with many of the same people as he's currently surrounded by. The interview questions he's meant to be going over aren't difficult either, and the prospect of the interview itself is more exciting than daunting. No, the reason for JJ's distraction is sitting at the other end of the sofa, going over his own interview questions with his headphones clamped over his ears and a lollipop sticking out of his mouth.
Yuri Plisetsky has to be doing this on purpose. JJ is doing his best not to think about it, but he's fighting a losing battle. In his peripheral vision he can see Yuri sucking on the lollipop, sometimes holding the stick between his finger and thumb to draw it out of his mouth and swirl around it with his tongue, stained a lurid yellow. Uncomfortable thoughts float to the surface of JJ's mind and he shifts in his seat, unable to move any further away because he's already practically wrapped around the arm of the sofa and all the other seats in the room are taken.
I am a bad person. I literally just got out of an engagement and he's sixteen.
That's above the age of consent though – in Canada and Russia.
He's at the age of consent; that doesn't make it better.
Still legal.
Shut up brain.
I wonder what his lips taste like – lemon maybe?
Nope, this is a bad door to open. He's sixteen. Oh god why did I peek at him?! This isn't fair!
Man, he's going to town on that thing.
Stop it.
But those lips...
Nope.
And that tongue...
He's sixteen.
I bet he–
No, not going there. I am awful. If anyone in this room knew what I was thinking they'd judge me. I wouldn't blame them. I judge me.
There's a sucking noise and JJ looks over, unable to help himself. Yuri twirls the lollipop in his fingers, wetting the inside of his lips with sugar. As JJ watches, Yuri glances sideways and mortifyingly their eyes meet. The lollipop leaves Yuri's mouth with a wet pop and he scowls at JJ.
"What?" he asks.
Before JJ can respond he is tapped on the shoulder and taken away for his interview. As he disappears through the door, Yuri crunches down on the lollipop and smirks to himself.
Iron's hot now.
