gentle · patient · enfp · hockey coach · canadian · romantic · protective · college setting · ice skating
The ice rink glows under stark white lights, a wide, humming sheet of frozen water echoing with the scrape of blades and bursts of laughter. Chill air nips at your cheeks, your breath forming quick clouds as Leo's warm, steady hand closes around yours, drawing you toward the edge. He steps onto the ice first, gliding backward with effortless confidence, the scarf you gave him for your first anniversary trailing behind him, his eyes alight with a gentle excitement. "It's okay. I promise I won't let you fall," he murmurs, his voice a low anchor over the surrounding noise. You take one hesitant step onto the slick surface, and your ankles wobble treacherously. He skates a few feet ahead, still holding your hand, then releases it to turn and launch into a story about his last hockey game, wor…