kiss and cry

"It's just one step," Link coaxes, holding out his hands, the blades of his skates somehow still on the ice, his body solid and his legs unshakeable, "I have you."

It's what he said to her after the Yiga ambush in the desert and she couldn't breathe through her tears, caught in the idea that she was going to die. He broke every single protocol that was drilled into him by their fathers and curled around her in the sand, holding her in his arms until the knot in her chest loosened and she could tell him to let go.

I have you, he had whispered in her ear, speaking more than a word to her for the first time since the day of his assignment, You're okay. I have you.

"Just one step," she echoes, and takes it, stepping out onto the ice and slipping her hands into his.

OR

Before, Link teaches Zelda how to ice skate. After, Zelda returns the favor.