[There's that same initial panic, of course, when Teddy lets him go, visions of himself careening into the nearest snowbank and falling on his own face and probably breaking something because he's unlucky like that. Of course he doesn't - he can feel Teddy's hand on his back, and he's still skating right next to him, and the lack of hands hasn't made him stop trusting his boyfriend. But it still takes a tremendous amount of willpower to not only keep his eyes closed, but finally stretch his arms out as instructed. He doesn't see what the point of all of this is, it's not like he'll-
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Oh.
He can feel it, now. He can understand what Teddy's trying to do. The air on his face is cold and rushed, but it's familiar, crisp and fresh and breathtaking, like they're high up in the air above all the smoke and fog of the city - or the village, in this place. His feet glide freely across the surface of the ice that almost, almost makes them as weightless as when he's floating above the ground. His scarf and hood flaps behind him, like the cape he hardly ever lets himself wear anymore.
He draw in a shaky breath, exhaling the same way, and a strong, much more sincere smile crosses his lips. It's not the same. Nothing could ever be the same.
But it's so close he wants to cry. It's beautiful. It's so, so beautiful.]
[Action, January 8th]
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Oh.
He can feel it, now. He can understand what Teddy's trying to do. The air on his face is cold and rushed, but it's familiar, crisp and fresh and breathtaking, like they're high up in the air above all the smoke and fog of the city - or the village, in this place. His feet glide freely across the surface of the ice that almost, almost makes them as weightless as when he's floating above the ground. His scarf and hood flaps behind him, like the cape he hardly ever lets himself wear anymore.
He draw in a shaky breath, exhaling the same way, and a strong, much more sincere smile crosses his lips. It's not the same. Nothing could ever be the same.
But it's so close he wants to cry. It's beautiful. It's so, so beautiful.]
Tee...