They say that in figure skating, if you stare at your partner's blades, you'll eventually fall. You have to look at the horizon, they tell you. You have to trust that he is there without checking. "Don't fall, Kate," he whispered. "I won't if you don't," I replied. That was our first promise. Our first lie. I didn't know that thread would become a chain. I didn't know that for the next ten years, my every breath would depend on his.

Candice Morel is a french figure skating judge. And Ilia Malinin is the most talented figure skater of his generation, but since Candice joined the panel of judges, Ilia's notes dropped. And he is persuaded Candice has something to do with it...

Masen Gray is twenty-two, brilliant, and wildly out of place. After finishing her doctorate in psychology at record speed, she expects a future built on research, prestige, and control. Instead, a favor from her well-connected father lands her in the last place she belongs, working as the newest publicist and media specialist for the International Skating Union. Masen knows human behavior. She knows pressure, image management, ambition, and ego. She knows nothing about skating. She can't tell a lutz from a loop, refuses to step on the ice after a childhood fall, and enters the elite figure skating world armed with sharp wit, sharper instincts, and a South African accent no one ever places correctly. Then she meets Ilia Malinin. Olympian. Three-time world champion. Global sensation. On the ice, Ilia is fearless, commanding, and untouchable. Off the ice, he is shy, reserved, unexpectedly soft, and far more playful than the world sees. As Masen manages interviews, scandals, travel, and the constant circus surrounding elite competition, she finds herself drawn to the one person she absolutely cannot want. Because ISU personnel are forbidden from dating skaters. What begins as teasing glances and accidental tension grows into a dangerous secret neither of them knows how to stop. Across packed arenas, late-night flights, world championships, Olympic pressure, and the relentless spotlight of international sport, Masen and Ilia must choose between the rules that protect their careers and the feelings threatening to destroy their restraint. She was hired to protect the image. She never expected to risk her own heart.

In which two figure skaters are forced to date despite their long time hatred of one another all because of an interviewer's ability to twist reality. Anastasia Jones, a twenty-year-old Russian, American whose number one dream is to become the greatest skater in the world. All she wants is to be remembered for great things, to not be forgotten in a world in which so many leave alone. Ilia Malinin, a twenty-year-old Russian, American whose goal in life is to revive the sport that is figure skating. He wants the arenas to be full, and the fans cheering like they did so many years ago. What happens when the pair are forced by their coach to do a press junket together and a certain interviewer twists their words to make dating rumours appear from thin air? After years of constant hatred and rivalry, will they finally be able to put their differences aside to rectify their images or, will they fail to deliver what's most important, leading to their inevitable early retirement? 🏆 #1 in #NF - 23/3/26 #1 in #Olympics - 23/4/26 #1 in #Ilia - 23/4/26 #1 in #iliamalinin - 13/5/26 #1 in #Skating - 18/5/26 #1 in #isabeaulevito - 20/5/26 #2 in #Quadgod - 3/4/26 #2 in # Amberglenn - 30/4/26 #3 in #Swiftie - 30/4/26

A story in which Liviana hates Ilia Malinin and a certain blonde makes a bet on Liv's feelings... What happens when feelings become real? What happens when hate turns into something else?

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

Emmeline Hart was born to skate and born to win. Her passion for skating is only rivaled by one thing: her complicated relationship with the boy who inspired her dream. Emme and Ilia grew up together, trained together, knew everything about each other. But after a drastic fall out and a series of misunderstandings and heated arguments, the two drifted apart. Can Emme and Ilia make their way back to each other? Can their life long relationship survive the melodrama of the elite skating world? This story follows ice queen Emmeline Hart and golden boy Ilia Malinin through their early years on the senior figure skating circuit. A collection of memories, moments, and conversations that define two destined lives on the ice and how they intertwine. Rated M for later chapters (44 and beyond) Note: This story follows the real life events of the 2022-2026 figure skating seasons pretty closely/accurately Ilia Malinin x OC

𝙎𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 ? 𝙄'𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚, 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚, 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙙 𝙜𝙤𝙗. 𝙄𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣 × 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙄𝙜𝙤𝙧 (𝙤𝙘) 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 : 𝙁𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮 23, 2026 𝙀𝙣𝙙 : Amazing cover by @vintagegrace <3

They are both known as gods on the ice, but they're still just people. Ilia Malini x OC