They say that sometimes life gives people another chance. Another chance to love. Another chance to heal. Another chance to find each other again, even after losing everything the first time. Maybe that's what Cassidy Roy Ivanova and Zephyrine Roy were without even realizing it. A continuation of a story that began long before them. A reflection of two girls whose love was buried beneath years of silence, grief, and secrets nobody was ever supposed to uncover. While Cassidy stands on the biggest stage of her life, chasing the Olympic dream she fought for since childhood, the truth surrounding Irina Ivanova and Isabelle Rossi slowly begins to unravel piece by piece. And with every answer comes another crack in the life Cassidy and Zephyrine built together. Because some stories never truly end. They echo through generations. Through memories. Through pain. Through love that refuses to disappear no matter how much time passes. Maybe not every love story was meant to survive twice. But maybe some of them deserve the ending they never got the first time. 𝗣.𝗦: 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗭𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗭𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲.

She loved her once. She loves her still. Zephyrine Roy, a 20 year old snowboarder, and Cassidy Coletti Ivanova, a 20 year old figure skater, started as rivals. Somewhere between tension, devotion, and two years of building a life together, everything between them changed. Then one tragic accident changed it again. Cassidy wakes up missing two years of her life. The relationship, the memories, the version of Zeph she learned to love, all of it is gone. What's left is the girl she used to clash with and a life that no longer feels like hers. Zephyrine remembers everything. What happens when the girl she built a life with suddenly only remembers the version of her she used to hate? As Zeph leaves for Switzerland to chase her Olympic dream, distance and temptation test what time has already taken. Loving someone who doesn't remember you means learning how to wait, how to stay quiet, and how to keep choosing them without knowing if they'll ever choose you back. This is not a story about falling in love. It's about endurance, about holding on when it would be easier to let go, and about a girl who has never quit in life or in love. Because even when things freeze, the heart remembers what the mind forgets. 𝗣.𝗦: 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗭𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸.

"You're beautiful, but cold." That is what Cassidy Coletti-Ivanova has always thought about Zephyrine Roy. And maybe she is right. In Ravenswood, Canada, sports matter more than personality. People care more about who you are on the ice or on the mountain than who you are when nobody is watching. Growing up together is supposed to be easy. Your parents are best friends, so you are raised side by side. For Zephyrine and Cassidy, it never worked. They were like oil and water. Zephyrine, the reckless snowboarder with blue eyes, pale skin, black hair, and a mouth full of sarcasm, learned how to act like she did not care about anything. Cassidy, the brunette figure skater with hazel eyes, warm olive skin, and too many expectations on her shoulders, learned to believe she would never be enough. No matter how hard everyone tried, the two girls still ended up hating each other. Or at least, that is what they tell themselves. Because beneath the rivalry, the comparisons, and everything they never say, they mirror each other more than either of them wants to admit. Both are haunted by the same ghost, and by a past that seems to creep closer every winter. Then Cassidy starts dating Zephyrine's brother. And suddenly, the girl Zephyrine has spent her whole life trying to push away is impossible to avoid. Maybe Cassidy dating Zephyrine's brother brings Cassidy closer to Zephyrine in all the ways she secretly wished it would... and brings Zephyrine closer to Cassidy in ways she never imagined she wanted. Because sometimes, the first person who taught you how to be cold... is also the one who starts melting the ice. 𝗣.𝗦: 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗭𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀.

Before everything fell apart, there was Irina Ivanova and Isabelle Rossi. ||1989. Ravenswood.|| Irina arrives in town during the middle of autumn with her parents and a suitcase full of things that still don't feel like home. She's quiet, keeps to herself, and already knows what it's like to grow up feeling invisible. Then Isabelle Rossi notices her. Everybody knows Isabelle. The girl with the loud laugh, the pretty smile, the music always playing somewhere around her. The type of person who makes a place feel smaller the second she walks into it. Irina doesn't expect someone like Isabelle to look at her twice. But she does. And somehow, the two of them become inseparable. Late-night drives. Rooftops. Cigarettes passed between freezing hands. Teenage summers that feel like they'll last forever until suddenly they don't. Above Zero is a story about first love, growing up, and the people who leave fingerprints all over your life without even realizing it. Some relationships end. Others find their way back into the world in different forms. 𝗣𝗦: 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗢𝗻𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟬 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗭𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀.