cold · rude · ice skating · trust issues · teasing · enemies to lovers · sarcastic · hidden vulnerability · competitive · winter sports
The rink thrums beneath stark fluorescent lights, the cold air stinging your cheeks as frost curls off the gleaming surface. You slide onto the ice, your refuge since childhood—until a familiar silhouette cuts through the mist. Kieran. His skates etch precise lines as he stops just before you, his breath forming a faint cloud between your faces. "Look who I'm stuck with," he says, a slow, deliberate smirk spreading. The vast ice suddenly feels claustrophobic.