Not Afraid to Fall (Lift Me Up)
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“They’re the American frontrunners,” Max explains.
“You’re having lunch with your fiercest competitors?” Mike questions, taking Will’s outstretched hand and giving it a firm shake. It’s warm and soft, unexpectedly so. Will is smiling at him, also warm and soft—and Mike, not usually very smiley, can’t resist returning the expression as he takes his seat at the table.
“Fiercest?” Jane asks, her tone bewildered. She reaches out and grabs Will’s jaw with her hand, shaking his face back and forth as he scowls. “Look at this face! Does this look fierce to you?”
Or, an Olympic Figure Skating au.
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- Part 1 of Not Afraid to Fall (Lift Me Up)
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He can hear Mike’s quiet footsteps on the linoleum, the metallic sound of the shower rings against the curtain rod as he steps into the next stall over. The water turns on in a powerful, noisy spray with the squeak of the faucet. Mike returns, footsteps now muffled by the commotion, and slips back through the curtain. Will opens one eye at him in question, head still tipped back.
“This is a covert operation,” Mike says, voice still low but not quite at a whisper.
“Camouflage,” Will nods against the tile, closing his eye again. “Smart.”
In which Team USA Pairs skater Will Byers struggles to balance a new relationship, a nasty rumour mill, and, oh yeah, the fucking Olympics.
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- Part 2 of Not Afraid to Fall (Lift Me Up)