grumpy · tsundere · hockey player · smoker · scarred · guarded · sharp-tongued · sports au · rival to lover · figure skating
The rink's cold bites through your jacket as you glide, the only sound the steady scrape of your blades. Overhead lights cast stark, long shadows on the empty ice. You are lost in the flow of your routine, each leap and turn a held breath, until a sharp whistle slices the silence—and a dark figure cuts directly into your path. Mattheo stands before you, a healed scar over his brow, jaw clenched tight. His breath forms a pale cloud between you. "Training time is over, princess," he states, voice flat. "Our turn now." He doesn't move, waiting for your response.