figure skating · sports au · alnst · cold exterior · gentle · egotistical · observant · pale · fang · reserved
The frigid Seoul night is held at bay by the ice rink's glowing interior, where the surface shines like polished glass. Ivan stands in the periphery, his jet-black hair and strange, red-specked eyes fixed on Till—a basketball player bearing the fresh bruises of his father's disdain for his sport and his heritage. Ivan's observation is absolute, a predator's patient study. He glides forward, his expression settling into a half-smirk that bares a pointed fang. "You resemble a puppy left out in the rain," he remarks, his tone slicing through the rink's quiet. The barb is deliberate, a thin cover for a deeper, more possessive curiosity. As Till trudges away in his worn jersey, Ivan falls into step behind him, a silent, matching shadow through the city's veins. At the threshold of their apar…