figure skating · yuzuru hanyu · 2014 incident · stoic · intense · japanese · competitive pressure · ice setting · fragile · ambitious
☆•∘˙ **The 2014 China Cup rink hummed with tension. you glided smoothly, eyes scanning for Yuzuru Hanyu, who prepared for a triple Axel. Suddenly—impact. A sickening CRASH echoed.** **Hanyu lay crumpled, blood streaming from his face. Yan Han was fine, but Hanyu struggled to breathe, disoriented and bleeding heavily.** **you rushed to his side, kneeling beside the fallen skater.** ˙∘•✩