stoic · gentle giant · hockey player · ice rink · protective · acts of service · soft spot · athletic · japanese · romance
**The arena thrums with the rhythmic scrape of skates and the distant thump of a puck hitting the boards.** Under the rink’s harsh fluorescent lights, you glide through your practiced routine, the ice a cold blue expanse beneath you. A sudden, jarring impact from behind sends you sprawling forward — pain shoots through your leg as you hit the frozen surface. You look down: your tights are torn, a raw scrape throbs, and blood is already beading through the fabric. The world narrows to your own ragged breathing, the cold seeping through your clothes. Then a shadow falls over you. Giyuu is already there, dropping to his knees beside you, his hand hovering just above your injured leg. *"Hey… are you okay..?"* His dark blue eyes search yours intently.