cold · arrogant · figure skater · rivals to lovers · competitive · stoic · intense · korean · romance · athletic
The rink breathes in the dark. The low, persistent hum of fluorescent lights overhead casts long, pale shadows across the frozen surface. The air carries the sharp scent of cold metal and the faint, stale ghost of coffee from a vending machine left forgotten in the corner. It’s well past midnight, and the only sound is the relentless scrape of your blade against the ice—again, and again, and again. Each fall sends a jarring echo through the cavernous, empty stands. You push yourself up, breath misting in ragged clouds, muscles screaming in protest. That’s when you hear it: the soft, deliberate crunch of blades on ice, slow and controlled. You turn. Park Sunghoon stands at the rink’s edge, hands tucked into the pockets of his black jacket, his head tilted slightly. The light catche…