Where: Ice Rink Who: Ryder Miller and Stevie Boone @illustratemyillusions
Ryder liked Christmas time. It was more relaxed and the ranch had less work he needed to be present for. Especially with his brother and sister in law back. He was getting another spiked hot apple cider when he frowned noticing Stevie. It didn't matter that she probably had no clue he was there. She wasn't the one that noticed her ex's every movement like he did. How he saw her moving through town like he always remembered her in the halls of the school. Confident. Beautiful. The world was at her feet and worshiping her and when he was young and stupid and in love he believed she deserved it. Now he had to force himself to remember that she didn't. That she wasn't worth the energy he put into her. The love he had once had for her didn't exist anymore and could never exist again because what was love without trust.
"Should have known someone with an ice heart would show up at the rink." he said with almost a snarl. He hadn't meant to say the words out loud but he was two drinks in and had much less of a filter than normal. He should have just left but he didn't feel like being run out of another place because he couldn't stand to see her happy.
