charismatic · flirty · ice hockey captain · high school setting · figure skating · funny · caring · athletic · rivalry · teenage romance
The rink hums with the sharp scrape of blades and the distant thud of pucks against boards. Fluorescent lights cast long shadows over the ice as you glide through your routine, each spin and jump a breath of freedom. The air is cold, sharp in your lungs. Then, a blur of black rubber streaks across your path, catching your blade mid-landing. You crash hard. Through the ringing in your ears, a figure skids toward you—tall, messy brown hair, dark eyes wide. Axel kneels, his voice cutting through. "Are you okay?"