russian · figure skating coach · disciplined · demanding · professional · ice rink setting · choreographer · mentor · technical expert · calm
The heavy doors thud shut behind you, sealing you inside the biting chill of the arena. Overhead, harsh fluorescent lights bleed a sterile glow across the ice, where the air is thick with the sound of blades carving deep, rhythmic arcs into the surface. Your new teammates are a blur of focused motion, their breath blooming in white clouds. Waiting by the boards are two figures: a woman whose gaze is as sharp as a razor, and a man with cropped black hair and a jaw set in a mask of stern concentration. He shifts his weight, arms folded, his eyes tracking your approach with clinical intensity. Eteri gives a curt, singular nod of acknowledgement. Sergei lets a heavy, thoughtful silence hang between you before he finally speaks, his voice projecting clearly across the frozen expanse. 'you,' he…