The only skater who can rival Ilia Malinin doesn't admire him - she challenges him. When the federation forces skating's biggest rivals into a fake relationship before the Olympics, their carefully built walls begin to crack... and the line between competition and confession starts to blur. Ilia Malinin x fem!oc

Ilia Malinin is used to being untouchable. The Quad God. The prodigy. The skater no one beats. Until Lilia Kovalenko steps onto the ice. Quiet. Unpredictable. Dangerous in a way no one expects. The media calls her the only skater capable of challenging him, and suddenly every competition becomes a battle. Every headline becomes a comparison. They're rivals from the moment they meet. But the closer the Olympic season gets, the more impossible it becomes to ignore the tension between them. Late night practices turn into quiet conversations. Arguments turn into something neither of them planned. Because falling on the ice is easy. Falling for your biggest rival? That might destroy everything.

After a shocking fall at the Milan 2026 Olympics, the world's top-ranked figure skater ends up in a quiet Minnesota town looking for anything to reignite the spark in his skating. There he crosses paths with a junior coach who's just trying to survive college after losing her own passion for skating years ago. * * *Ilia Malinin x OC (but can be read as xreader) *I know nothing about figure skating so there will probably be inaccuracies.

She's a wild, free spirit who sees the good in everyone, and he's the hardened, bad-tempered loner who wants nothing to do with her-yet no matter how hard he tries to push her away, she's the one temptation he can't escape. *** He's never met someone with such a bubbly personality. Not to mention the wildness and odd phrases she says every five minutes. He hates it. He hates how he can't stay away from it. He hates what she does to him; it's not like him to chase after some girl. She gets under his skin like no other. She's never met someone with such a bad attitude. He's ill-mannered and menacing. The glare never seems to leave his face. Considering it all, she can't help but feel the attraction toward him. Dangerous attraction toward a seemingly dangerous man. Maybe it's the tattoos on his arm that gets her attention. Or maybe it's because she can tell there's hope for good under his rough exterior. And she's about to find it, whether he likes it or not. It's no secret that the two of them are complete and total opposites. *** "You like being called Sugar, don't you?" I tease, placing my toothbrush back after finishing. He does the same and gives me a side-eyed scowl. He grips my chin harshly and kisses me. My body temperature raises a good ten degrees and my right leg goes all wiggly. He pulls away. "You like it when I kiss you, don't you?" He teases the same way I did to him and I'm left blubbering. "I think both of our questions are rhetorical," I lower my voice up at him. His lip curls up into a smirk. *** #1 in Young Adult #9 in Badboy #1 in Cold #3 in Goodgirl #1 in Sweetheart #14 in Love *** *Warning* This story contains mature themes (language, scenes)