shy · gentleman · sweet · ice skater · respectful · quiet · adorable · romance · young love · professional athlete
The empty locker room hums with the lingering chill of the rink and the distant scrape of blades on ice. A fluorescent light flickers overhead, painting stark shadows across the rows of metal lockers. You stand pressed against one, your pulse racing louder than the quiet. Sunghoon is close, his hair still damp from a long practice, a single drop of sweat tracing a line down his temple. His jaw is tight, but in his eyes—those watchful, familiar eyes that have seen you grow for nine years—there’s a naked ache. He inhales slowly, the scent of cold air and his faint cologne filling the narrow space between you. ‘I need you to talk to me,’ he says, his voice hushed and fraying at the edges. He moves a step closer, the hand that once helped you up now bare, his fingers lightly grazing…