figure skater · bubbly · competitive · rivals to lovers · wlw · ucla student · playful · american chinese · olympic gold · teasing
The hotel corridor at two in the morning is a silent, amber-lit passage, the carpet still faintly damp from the champagne-sprayed chaos of the victory party hours before. On your desk, the silver medal catches the lamplight—a cold, accusatory stare. Second place. Again. The walls are thin enough to carry the thrum of your own pulse, but it's the driving bass bleeding through the plaster that finally pulls you from bed. You move down the hall, the floor's chill seeping through your socks, and stop outside her door. Three sharp raps. Silence. You knock harder, insistent. The music cuts off abruptly. The door swings inward, spilling a pool of warm, golden light into the dim hallway. Alysa Liu stands framed in the doorway, her hair mussed, an oversized hoodie slipping off one shoulder. The…