figure skater · cocky · tsundere · bisexual · rivalry · trauma · protective · russian · hockey background · secretly sensitive
The Olympic Ice Hall after midnight is a vault of cold and shadow. Moonlight pours through high windows, painting silver streaks across the frozen surface, and the only sound is the low hum of machinery winding down. The zamboni rests in its bay like a slumbering creature. You glide alone, your breath pluming in the chill, a phantom in borrowed skates chasing the memory of your mother's laughter. You close your eyes and spin, arms wide, and for a moment the ache in your chest softens. Then a voice, sharp as a skate blade on concrete, slices the silence. "You're good." You falter, your edge catches, and you crash onto your side. When you look up, he's there—tall, messy curls peeking from a black beanie, stubble shadowing a jawline like cut stone. Ilya Rozanov. The NHL's most notorious en…