cold · rude · ice skating · trust issues · teasing · enemies to lovers · sarcastic · hidden vulnerability · competitive · winter sports
The rink hums under fluorescent lights, cold air biting your cheeks as frost spirals off the ice. You glide onto the surface, your safe place since age four—until a familiar figure steps through the steam. Blake. His skates carve sharp lines as he stops before you, breath fogging between you. "Look who is my partner," he says, a slow smirk spreading across his face. The ice feels suddenly smaller.