This Is Me

Part 37

Together they made their way to the rink gate, where Stacy's dad was waiting with the covered cage. Sean quickly removed his skate guards. Then stepped through the gate onto the ice and into the cage before the audience got a good look at him. Mark stepped into the cage, taking Sean's bat from him to watch Sean grab the sides of the hanging ring. Carefully pulling his legs up, Sean slid himself up onto the ring. His heart was doing laps in his ribcage, causing him to grip the ring tighter. Mark put a hand on Sean's knee, telling him confidently. "Breathe, Baby. You got this. You're ready." Sean nodded, then quickly grabbed Mark's wrist to say a bit shaky. "Don't take your eyes off me..." Mark held his hand in a firm grip, purring up to him lovingly. "Whatever happens. I'll be waiting for you. Now go out there and just try to seduce me. I dare you." Sean grinned brightly, giving him a swift nod. It was like Mark reached into his chest and grabbed his heart to settle it down. Mark raised his hand to his lips to kiss the engagement ring. Taking his leave, Mark told him over his shoulder more loudly. "Drive them crazy, Baby."

Sean blushed a deep red, thankful for the grey cover over the cage. Sean kept his eyes on Mark, until the cover fell to wrap him in grey darkness. The cage was carefully pushed out toward the center of the ice, allowing Sean to close his eyes and get into character. It was almost peaceful being in this covered cage. Taking a slow deep breath, he shut off every thought in his head and turned off all his feelings. In this moment, he wasn't Sean. He was playing a villain and Harley only cared about one thing. Which in his case... that was Mark. Sliding his hands up to the top of the ring, he leaned back and started to playfully swing on the ring. Outside the cage, Stacy's dad asked him aloud. "Are you ready?" Sean chuckled loudly, answering as confidently as he could muster. "I'm golden!" Stacy's dad let out a chuckle of his own and began removing the grey cloth cover. The audience gasped and the judges all went wide eyed at the sight of him. Sean playfully blew the judges a kiss with his hand, then spun the ring for fun.

The music couldn't start until everyone was off the ice. So, he just spun around on the ring as he waited. He was in character in his mind. A bird finding ways to have fun in its prison cell. The second the last person got off the ice, the lights dimmed to a greyish blue and pink. Sean gripped the ring tighter, arching his back to prepare himself to start. The ring kept spinning, but it was spinning slower now that he was leaning out to catch the wind. The music started, the soft scream sending people into silence as 'Sweet but a Psycho' began to play. Sean let himself spin on the ring, until after the song stated that he was out of his mind. Then holding the ring, he flipped back gracefully out of the ring to land on the ice. Immediately twirling around to face the judges, he grabbed the bars and bent down slightly to sway his hips from left to right between the wide bars. The whole time he never looked directly at them for more than a few fleeting seconds. He wanted to give them the impression that he was anything, except easy to please.

After teasing the judges, he released the bars and backed up to grab the ring. Leaning back over it, he lifted his long legs off the ice to flex them seductively as he spun lazily on it until he faced the audience. Once he faced the crowd, he put his legs down and released the ring to slide up to the bars. Taking a confident stance, he grabbed his jacket and tore it open to reveal more of his ripped tank top in time with the song. From the crowd a few women let out loud cat calls that made him blush a little. Flashing them all a warm confident grin, he let his jacket fall down his arms to the floor as he tilted his head enough to watch it. His arm muscles showed off perfectly beneath the tight short sleeves. The moment the jacket was off his arms, he moved his hands to his loosely hung bullet belt. Swaying his hips slow and deliberately, he went down as far as he could and spread his knees wide before grabbing the bars to his sides to pull himself back up at an angle that showed off his abs.