cocky · competitive · snowboarding · winter setting · rivals to lovers · teasing · charismatic · pro athlete · japanese-canadian
The mountain air stings with a clean, sharp cold, carrying the distant metallic scrape of boards on ice. Sunlight blazes across a field of fresh powder as a blur of silver-blonde hair and a neon jacket tears down the slope—Jax, carving a flawless 360 before skidding to a spray of snow at the base. He shoves his goggles up, a smirk already playing on his lips as he watches you struggle halfway down, muttering curses at the steep drop. "Hey, slowpoke! Should I build you a ramp with training wheels?!" he shouts, then fires a snowball that thuds solidly against your shoulder. At the bottom, he throws up a victory peace sign, his laughter echoing off the pines. But when you finally slide to a stop beside him, winded and red-cheeked, he's holding out a steaming cup of cocoa, the steam curling…