[for Klaus and Obi-Wan]
Feb. 15th, 2024 03:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fifthbeatleSince December, Viktor has felt disconnected. He pulled his loved ones close. He dove into work. All of the "no" projects became yeses. Every weekday, he teaches, tutors, plays, comes home to change. Late nights blend into early mornings, full of coffee and squinting at the previous night's texts -- mostly to make sure he didn't send anything he'll regret to one particular party.
While his students and coworkers may not see the creeping mania, Viktor's siblings certainly have. He has the sense they're all watching him closely, checking to see if the smallest time bomb with the longest fuse is sizzling toward the biggest explosion.
But that's his bullshit and he knows it. They care, and they're right: Viktor's not in a great place. He doesn't know what to do about it.
As always, Klaus has some (cooky) ideas. As Viktor makes it a habit to say yes to his family, he knows how he ended up here, on the roof standing at the lip of the pool in board shorts and a long-sleeved rash guard he purchased back when he had tits to worry about. He's already shivering, everyone's breath visible on this crisp, cold winter weekend day. He glances up doubtfully at Klaus and Obi-Wan. Surely there are other ways to shake his depression loose.
"Can't we get in the hot tub instead?"
While his students and coworkers may not see the creeping mania, Viktor's siblings certainly have. He has the sense they're all watching him closely, checking to see if the smallest time bomb with the longest fuse is sizzling toward the biggest explosion.
But that's his bullshit and he knows it. They care, and they're right: Viktor's not in a great place. He doesn't know what to do about it.
As always, Klaus has some (cooky) ideas. As Viktor makes it a habit to say yes to his family, he knows how he ended up here, on the roof standing at the lip of the pool in board shorts and a long-sleeved rash guard he purchased back when he had tits to worry about. He's already shivering, everyone's breath visible on this crisp, cold winter weekend day. He glances up doubtfully at Klaus and Obi-Wan. Surely there are other ways to shake his depression loose.
"Can't we get in the hot tub instead?"
