ohh my god, don't worry about being late at all, this was so soft and so nice.

i'm so pleased that you addressed Yuri's perfectionism here because i wonder so much about how someone who's been so geared towards being the best would function in contexts that don't require doing that, i wonder about how someone who's been honed and polished to such sharp edges by life would try to be soft and affectionate. and-- i really like your answer to that? that he has to kinda side-eye it before letting himself settle into it and realize that it's valuable to him in its easiness, and that dating isn't "winning" someone. i'm thrumming so fondly over all of this.