"I've never...ever in my whole fucking life let someone in, but you have managed to infiltrate me in every sense of the word. I hate more than anything that you are my weakness, Rose, but you are and I need you to realize that and admit that I am the same to you before I lose my fucking mind." His eyes squinted with tear of frustration and desperation. Why did I have the urge to wipe them away as one slid down his cheek? (TWs in AN) *DO NOT REPOST OR PRINT WITHOUT PERMISSION* *THE CHARACTERS I OWN ARE ROSE EROS, LEONARDO RILEY, CELIA RILEY, FLORA AND VICTOR EROS! ALL OTHER CHARACTERS BELONG TO JKR!!*

After the top ranked figure skater shocks the world by not winning the Olympics, he somehow ends up in a small Minnesota town where he is given the chance to find his spark in his skating again before Worlds. The problem? He is used to being so perfect all the time he doesn't know where to start. Aurelia Gray wants nothing to do with figure skating, yet her primary source of income is from teaching kids how to skate, and now, teaching Ilia Malinin how to skate. * * *Ilia Malinin x FEM!OC *I know nothing about figure skating so there will probably be inaccuracies.