When a Butterfly Flaps its Wings (Does Anything Change?)

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Listing Series

• If Something, Somewhere Had Gone Differently by KitCat1410

  Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  27 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Victor Nikiforov & Ilya Rozanov
  • Victor Nikiforov
  • Ilya Rozanov
  • Yakov Feltsman
  • Lilia Baranovskaya
  • Sasha | Ilya Rozanov's Coach's Son
  • Grigori Rozanov
  • Irina Rozanova
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Child Abuse
  • Suicide
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Depression
  • Ilya Rozanov Needs A Hug
  • Character's Name Spelled as Viktor Nikiforov
  • Found Family
  • Coming Out
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • its russia so

  Summary

  Two lonely boys in Russia meet by chance one summer. Somehow, this changes everything.

  Ilya and Viktor meet in a park in the summer of 1998 and become friends. Over the years they become like brothers, and eventually Yakov and Lilia take them both in. Life is lonely at the top, but Ilya's friendship makes life better for Viktor, and his friendship with Ilya allows him escape Grigori's control and abuse. This changes so much for both of them.

  Series

  • Part 1 of When a Butterfly Flaps its Wings (Does Anything Change?)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  15,095

  Chapters:

  4/5

  Comments:

  13

  Kudos:

  51

  Bookmarks:

  11

  Hits:

  813