from ice to water
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“And everyone is so old,” Tubbo complains. Somehow, without them knowing about it, Tubbo’s managed to swipe a waffle and is chewing on it happily. Sapnap stifles a laugh. “Well, not everyone, I guess- the kid in our room is our age, I think. He might be younger.”
Wilbur perks up. “Does he ice skate?”
“Yeah, he does. He’s got these sick skates and everything.” Tubbo explains. “He’s quiet though. We tried talking to him, but…”
“But?”
Tubbo shrugs. "He's quiet. He doesn't talk much. I guess he's busy."
or, Tommy's made it to the Olympics for figure skating- he's the youngest contestant on the ice and he's the favor for the gold. He's supposed to be living the dream. So why is he still so unhappy? And why do all these hockey players and snowboarders care so much about him?
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- Part 6 of Anything and Everything
- Part 1 of from ice to water
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He straightens, prepared for them to talk about his programs and jumps and achievements. Prepared for them to make him even more of a myth. To put him up higher on the pedestal that he was chained to. "Yes. I am- Tommy the olympic figure skater."
"Tommy the figure skater who tried teaching Schlatt and made him fall on his ass?" Minx asks, eyes widening. "That Tommy?"
Tommy pauses, then- "Um-"
or, slowly, Tommy learns how to be more than just the gold medal winner that he was made to be
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- Part 2 of from ice to water
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Tommy looks down the way that he left frantically, like he's waiting for the man to pop out of the shadows. "I'm not- I should really get to-"
"Do you need some help?" Purpled blurts. Hit the heart. Get to the core. Purpled has Punz, maybe Tommy could have Purpled.
Tommy looks even more startled, if that was possible. "Wh- what?"
or, eight other points of view from the events of Icing Those Hurts, and the one that matters the most.
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- Part 3 of from ice to water
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Tommy's eyes flit over to him. Techno expects him to wave, to drift over, to let relief wash over his expression- seeing them as his respite from anything else he has to face. But no, that doesn't happen. Tommy casts his eyes over the lot of them and there isn't a single moment of recognition. No light, no relief. He looks even further confused, actually, with the way that his brow furrows.
"Tommy?" Techno says again, but Tommy turns forward, continuing his walk like they mean nothing to him. Like Techno means nothing to him.
or, Techno has a nightmare.
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- Part 4 of from ice to water
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"Can I see the injury?" The woman asks, voice gentle. "Just to make sure that it isn't more serious than a bruise."
Wilbur's eyes flicker over to them. "Uh – " he swallows. "Um, yes. Sure. If – if you have to."
And then she helps him peel off his hoodie. And then his shirt. And Technoblade's throat goes dry.
Wilbur is covered in bruises. And usually, Techno knows, that's hyperbole, but no – this is honest. There's no blowing up the blue and black mottling his back, or his side, or his arm. His injured shoulder is actually the only part of him that's not marked up, and Techno is guessing that once the pain sets in, it won't stay that way for long.
This, Techno thinks, is much, much more than he was expecting, and much, much more than he was ready to deal with.
or, Wilbur Soot is a hockey player being treated awfully by his team. Techno is team captain of SMP, Phil's team, and he does Not like what he sees.
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- Part 5 of from ice to water
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"Oh." He says. "Bad day, kid?"
Tears well up inside of him, like a wave rushing through his chest. He manages to nod and whisper, "yes. Sorry."
"No, kid, no," Techno steps forward. "No apologies. You feel the way you have to feel. Just – come here. Let me hug you. Can I?"
or, this is a safe fic. I promise.
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- Part 6 of from ice to water
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“Hey!” He says sharply, again causing Tommy to startle, but Eryn’s eyes are on the people. “He doesn’t owe you anything. He doesn’t owe anybody anything.” Then, his expression softens, and he looks over at Tommy. “Not anymore,” he adds softly.
or, Tommy learns to set boundaries after so long being denied.
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- Part 7 of from ice to water
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"Tommy," Eret asks on Thursday as Tommy, well refreshed and ready to try those spins again, laces up his skates. "What would you think about having a skating partner?"
Tommy's heart drops.
or, Tommy, still settling into his partnership with his new coach, feels like he doesn't need to address the fact that he can't breathe when he skates. At least, not until said coach takes on a new student named Olive.
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- Part 8 of from ice to water
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"No practice?" Tommy repeats, shifting the phone so he makes sure that he can hear properly. He flinches at his own words– don't repeat. "Sir," he scrambles to say, "I – is everything alright?"
"Everything is just fine, Tommy," Eret responds. He pauses, tsks slightly. "And remember, I'm just Eret."
Tommy opens his mouth, then goes, "coach." It's the best he can do. It's not enough.
or, Tommy and Eret figure some things out together.
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- Part 9 of from ice to water
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"Are you okay?" Quackity asks through a yawn, noticing Wilbur's folded arms and tense shoulders. "Wil?"
"I'm alright," Wilbur lies.
or, Wilbur learns the difference between SMP and Hypixal, and finally, finally, finds a safe place to rest.
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- Part 10 of from ice to water
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And it's that word, Wilbur's last name, Schlatt's word – the one that he says all soft and gentle and careful and affectionate, twisted into something that cuts– that clues him in to who's speaking. Jared. Jared was speaking and he had Wilbur's phone, and he –
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"Q," Sapnap murmurs. "Lean this way."
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- Part 11 of from ice to water
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“Yeah,” Tommy says. “I don’t know what I’m doing though.”
Olive grins. “Me either. Isn’t that so exciting?”
or, how close are Olive and Tommy, really?
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- Part 12 of from ice to water