YURI!!! ON ICE x FREE! , for the Free! multishipping Christmas exchange! Gifted to lovely @rinsuokah ! Merry Christmas, my sunshine! ☼ Pairing: Harurin/rinharu Prompt: Figure skating AU
We were born to be free! 23 year old Rin had always deeply admired the figure skater Nanase Haruka, a fellow Japanese skater who has built an impressive career before the age of 26. After a devastating loss at the Grand Prix Finals, Rin hit a wall and decided to quit his training in Australia and return to Japan. But after accidentally running into the very Nanase Haruka himself in Tokyo, he pulled himself together and decided to skate again, representing Australia, wanting to prove to Haruka that he is a worthy competitor. Meanwhile Haruka himself is struggling to find a purpose behind his skating. Why does he skate, or for who? It goes the point he’s also considering to quit and leave his reputation behind him. As their rivalry towards the finals progress, they’ve discovered something that pushes them to overcome their own obstacles on and work themselves up to win gold in the upcoming Grand Prix finals: each other.
