for boogiedown

[emberossing]

He knows it's going to be a disaster the moment he sets foot on the ice.

He's been trying. Celestino knows that he's been trying, everyone in Detroit knows he's been trying. He's at the rink more than he isn't. He's skating more than he sleeps. He's gotten back down to competition weight... more or less... and he's dedicated as anyone can be. But his heart's not in it and anyone who looks at his skating can tell that.

Jumps have never been where he got his points at.

His short program had been a disaster and he's not known for pulling out of those and he doesn't here, either. It's one of the worst free programs he's ever skated and he barely makes it out of the kiss and cry without the crying part... except once he can escape to the locker room or a bathroom or wherever he can manage to get alone, he's more left feeling completely numb. He tries to feel anything and there's nothing at all. There's nothing left.

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[boogiedown]

Minami isn't sure what to do with that. The things he's caught glimpses of are - cleaner, but it's all too good to care. The release shorts out his entire brain. Leaves his ears ringing.

For a few long seconds the only noise is deep gasps for air. Echoing in the stall. Then Minami brings a shaking hand to Yuuri's cheek. Dragging his thumb wonderingly through the mess.

Yuuri will of course still need to get taken care of. Can move on to that right now, Minami won't stop him. Minami just... doesn't have forward momentum right now. Stunned and maybe stiller then he's ever been in his life.

[emberossing]

Yuuri licks his lips, also experimentally, catches some of what's all over his face and neck and hair. He squints one eye shut on the worst side to protect it, but it makes the look a little saucy without him meaning to, like he's winking even though it's practical. It doesn't taste all that bad-- not really pleasant, but not gross either, exactly. He does actually reach for some toilet paper to get the worst of it off before he even stands back up, though, because otherwise it's going to make a bigger mess, but it doesn't seem to totally halt his own momentum or signal an end, either, if the way he helps clean Minami up is any indication.

There is a little moment of tension as he comes back up to his feet, though, because he's not actually sure Minami is going to want to keep going. He's... weirdly okay if he doesn't, actually. Things feel strangely settled in his head, now, a calmness he's not used to in the past two months.

[boogiedown]

The image of that burns into Minami's head. Very likely the template for anything else he's ever going to want. As soon as Yuuri's back in range for it, there are kisses. Slow and wondering at the unfamiliar tang of salt and semen.

"Do - you - You should go ahead. If you want. I want you to."

Minami's babbling a bit, but that's probably excusable. He means it, and is starting to catch on that for this there needs to be a - drive? Is that what it is? But it's some quality he seems to have Yuuri doesn't.

Why shouldn't he share it?

(Especially when he means every word. Doesn't want to be finished, especially not before Yuuri's had a turn. That only feels right.)