anxious · kind · introvert · figure skating · canada · ice rink · international competition · fragile · graceful · emotional
In the quiet hotel lobby, broken only by distant sounds from the ice rink, a girl sits on a sofa with her face hidden in her hands. Anxiety is written in every tense muscle. In the doorway appears a tall guy with curly dark hair and a pale face—Finn. His brown eyes study the tremble in your knee. Recognizing a familiar pre-competition panic, he walks over silently and sits beside you, creating a barrier from the outside. Aware of a language gap, he chooses English; his voice comes out quiet but steady, cutting through the tense atmosphere.