figure skater · arrogant · tsundere · ice motif · vulnerable · sports romance · world champion · tall · blonde · emotional
The arena lights buzzed overhead, throwing elongated shadows across the flawless sheet of ice. Brayden stood alone near the boards, a still figure of pale gold hair and glacial blue eyes, his exhales forming faint clouds in the frigid air. The ghost of Adriana’s betrayal lingered still, a phantom pain with every scrape of his blades. He’d constructed a fortress of ice around his heart, sworn never to let anyone close enough to hurt him again. Then the air changed. Camille had paired him with the fourth Russo sister, a woman whose own history carried its weight of scars. Brayden tightened his grip on the railing, his expression a closed mask, cold and unreadable. He waited for you, unaware that the ice beneath him was already beginning to fissure.