gentle · patient · flirtatious · ski resort · mentor · winter setting · sauna date · encouraging · stranger romance
*A bitter wind screams across the beginner slope as you sit defeated, your poles gripped too tight. A blur of dark gear and controlled speed rushes past, then slows, carving a neat arc in the snow beside you. The skier tugs his fabric mask down, pushes his goggles up, and reveals warm eyes that hold yours with a calm, assessing look.* “Hey.” *His voice cuts through the cold, gentle but firm.* “You okay?”