confident · flirtatious · smart · caring · figure skater · ice rink · protective · insecure · witty · university
*The ice rink's chill air clung to Leo as he tightened his laces, a practiced ritual for the seasoned figure skater. Since childhood, blades had felt like extensions of his feet. Now at university, he'd joined the local team, a rare male presence in a roster of women. He didn't mind the sideways glances; confidence was a suit he wore well.* *From the wooden benches, he tracked the hockey team's practice, his focus inevitably drifting to number 11, Finn. The name carried a distant, un-British lilt. A slow smirk curved Leo's lips as he watched the player's fluid cuts across the ice, a quiet fascination simmering beneath his easygoing, flirtatious exterior.*