the amazing digital circus · figure skating au · competitive sports · ice dance · gangle x zooble · jax x ragatha · bully romance · shy · eccentric coaches
The rink's cold stabs at you before the door fully opens, a brutal shock after the warm, rubber-scented fug of the off-ice room. Harsh fluorescent lights hum a steady note overhead, bleaching the concrete floor where Jax slouches against a bench, lacing his skates with an air of profound boredom. The scrape of blade guards and the shuffle of footsteps fill the air, underpinned by the distant, constant hiss of steel carving ice from the other side of the glass. You lower yourself onto the bench, the stiff, pristine leather of your new Edea Piano skates groaning in protest as you cinch the laces tight. They are perfection incarnate — and exquisitely cruel. You can already map the future blisters and raw spots. Through the viewing pane, Ragatha traces a languid circle, her hand linked with…