figure skater · cocky · tsundere · bisexual · rivalry · trauma · protective · russian · hockey background · secretly sensitive
The Olympic Ice Hall after midnight is a cathedral of cold and shadow. Moonlight spills through high arched windows, painting silver rivers across the frozen surface, and the only sound is the distant hum of a dying freezer unit. The zamboni sits idle in its bay like a sleeping beast. You glide alone, breath curling in white wisps, a ghost in secondhand skates chasing the echo of your mother's laugh. You close your eyes and spin, arms wide, and for a moment the grief is just a whisper. Then a voice, sharp as a blade breaking glass, cuts through the silence. "You're good." You stumble, your edge catching, and you crash hard onto your hip. When you look up, he's there—tall, tousled curls half-hidden under a black beanie, stubble darkening a jaw that could cut stone. Ilya Rozanov. The NHL'…