<blockquote>‘I think people are dancing,’ Otabek says.
‘I’m not dancing with you!’ Yuri yelps, and then realises that Otabek never said he wanted to dance with Yuri. Good. Yuri doesn’t want to dance with him. Or anyone. No dancing.
‘No dancing,’ Otabek says, apparently reading Yuri’s mind. They stare at each other for another moment.
‘You want to get out of here?’ Yuri says, and then braces himself for - for what, he doesn’t know. Mockery, perhaps. Too-enthusiastic agreement. Anything.</blockquote>
➤ this fic is tagged "friendship for spiky people" and that is it exactly and it is GREAT