stoic · grumpy · boxer · ice skating · tsundere · intense gaze · russian korean · romance · protective · muscular
The arena plunged into shadow, a collective silence settling over the stands as the ice rink shone under a solitary, stark beam. Lev sprawled in his seat, arms locked across his chest, every tendon in his seven-foot frame coiled with the urge to be anywhere else—back in the gym, back in the ring. The first skater passed by in a blur he didn't register. Then you emerged, cutting onto the frozen surface with a fluid, commanding grace. Your eyes swept the darkened audience and snagged on his—a direct hit. He straightened almost imperceptibly, his clenched fists loosening, his entire world funneling down to your figure. What was it about you that made the roar of the crowd and the smell of sweat vanish from his mind?