Then there's the landing
by Sharleena
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Summary
The thing about Figure Skating is that it's the most brutal sport disguised as something incredibly beautiful to look at, something elegant and frail.Just like Kim Taehyung.
Reader Reviews
Anonymous
Just nowFucking beautiful.This was really well written.I shall bookmark and reread.
alldishevelledwanderingstars
Just nowThis is actually beautiful. Your writing is actually amazing! <3
Pachinelle
Just nowThank you for writing this! I loved it <3 (and I wish I could be a bit more verbose about it, but I'm really sleepy now hehe :) )
astraelli
Just nowFrom everything you wrote in this fucking website, this is, by far, the most brilliant. I cried and I thank you for that and omg...I could not believe my eyes when I read ice skating bc that's a dream of mine (I thought it was only skating so I was ready for some badboy plot and let me tell I COULDNT BE MORE WRONG AND HAPPY ABOUT IT) Seriously, you did so well I'm still trying to recover from this. Every line you wrote was the perfect one (as perfect as Jimin's routine) and the end was so cute I smiled like it was me falling in love!You are a genius and I'm a Virgo, I know what I'm saying.Anyways, can't wait till the next masterpiece because you're always breaking your own records here.Again, thank you and you did amazing, sweetie!!!
little_lady
Just nowIT'S SO GOOD. LIKE ALWAYS. I APPRECIATE THE FUCK OUT OF YOU AND YOUR WRITING, BLESS YOU. I LOVE THE RELATIONSHIP DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. I LOVE HOW JUNGKOOK IMPROVES, AND HOW JIMIN IS THE BEST, AND HOW TAEHYUNG PERSISTS BEAUTIFULLY. THE EPILOGUE FUCKING KILLED ME OMG HEALTHY COMPETITION MY ASS I LOVE THIS I LOVE YOU THANK YOU
Sakiruka
Just nowNice, very nice <3 Thanks for writing this !
paoktsou
Just nowPerfection!!!!I'm in love with this fic <3
Anonymous
Just nowaaaaahhhh!!!! this is amazing!!! i love it!!!! thanks for writing this ❤❤❤
taetaeme
Just nowdude it's almost 4am and i'm crying bc this ended. wow it's been a long time since i last enjoyed a fic this much, i couldn't stop reading, and to be honest, i even cried at one point! loved the characters, the characterization was really good, loved the plot, the smut, loved everything about it. it's so well written, made me feel so many emotions~ the smut was also great, and the end ;_; this beautiful end ;_; i was getting nervous bc i was seeing how close of the end i was and how they still didn't talk about them, but then they did and i loved it. i know im just repeating that i love it but it's bc i really REALLY love it. a masterpiece, goes straight to my top fics, im surely will be rereading soon^^ so yeah, thank you for this masterpiece
Floritaeis
Just nowCan I just say that this is the first work of yours that I read? Now having that in mind, let me tell you, it definitely won't be the only one I'll be reading. Absolutely loved it. You have such a nice way with words. It was like being there with them.The nervousness when they were about to perform. The panic that settled in when Taehyung was pushed. And most definitely the euphoria when Jungkook performed with a longing to be acknowledged by Taehyung, leading him to his first ever gold. The storyline was beautiful; finding love in the mist of the most important moments in their lives, despite it starting with hate. I have to say, when Jungkook first met with Tae, I was pleasantly surprised when his nice facade was replaced with arrogance; didn't expect that one. I also loved how you portrayed Jungkook falling in love with Taehyung:“It was in Moscow, with a snow storm, when Taehyung fell hard on the snowy ground and looked like a mess. That's when he falls in love.”Very beautiful. Loved this story a lot. Thank you for writing such a masterpiece. Will definitely be reading more of you. Hope you continue writing as lovely as you did here. Much love ♡
basketoflemmons
Just nowI'm crying this was so cute yet heartbreaking at the same parts, I'm just- words cannot explain how giddy I am after finishing this and I was so !!! About this concept, and it's just so beautifully written, I'm blown away. You always write such amazing plot lines and portray them so perfectly I'm fucking blown away
beezus
Just nowGorgeous. Phenomenal. I Love This And Support This. Honestly wow this is beautiful, i can't believe i never knew i needed this. Thanks for writing this masterpiece.
Pinkprincessjenn
Just nowC AN WE HAVE THE NAMJIN & YOOMIN SIDE ?? OF THE STORRYY ?? BUT OMLLL TGIS WAS SO BEAUTIFUL !!!
Anonymous
Just nowThis was so beautiful. Thank you so much for writing this amazing fic. It is, undoubtably, forever going to be remembered as one of the best pieces of writing in this entire fandom. The characterization was amazing and your writing is perfect; you truly have a gift. I'm also a sucker for sports fics and there is a horrifying lack of those in this world, so that was just the icing on the cake! Again, words cannot describe how much I enjoyed reading this. Thank you for your amazing writing and all of the effort you put into this. It shows. <3
Anonymous
Just nowHOLY SHIT THIS WAS FKN BEAUTIFUL MY JAW HURTS FROM SMILING AND HSHSHJ WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP MIRACULOUS LADYBUG I STARTED SHITTIN BC IT WAS SO RELATBLE (this is coming from a high schooler who binged the whole season and it's christmas special) THANKS SO MUCH FOR MAKING MY DAY I HOPE TO READ MORE FROM YOU IN THE FUTURE :))))
moonie224
Just nowthis is amazing. this was a triple axel, a salchow, a quad lutz all landing beautifully. idk what im saying but it's a 343.83, a gold, it's written so well. i enjoyed this so much. thank you! !!!!!!!!!
YilingRose
Just nowthis was amazing.im so obssesed with ice skating. its such amazing sport and its so beatiful
Kurodashi
Just nowThis is amazing. Bangtan on Ice or something. XD XD XD. Nice job.
amoreux
Just nowthis is so good oh my god. i love this so so much!!!
Anonymous
Just nowI LOVED THIS SO MUCH YOU DESRRVE SO MUCH LOVE AND SUPPORT WHAT THE HELL
MABkookie
Just nowiLOVED THIS and also as a finnish person, protip, dON'T DRIVE IN HELSINKI. You will get lost, use the tramcar (if that isn't a word blame google translate). I half screamed when I read Helsinki, people always forget us.. We're like the North European Canada, over shined by Sweden and Norway aNYWAYS IT WAS SO CUTE AND I LOVED THREE NIPPLED PUTIN and I hate myself to cause I'm like at this religous thing and I was reading the smut part sitting next to a preist so THAT WAS FUNNN
bitchanda
Just nowThat was incredible!! I loved the way u described their skating! I was actually able to really picture it. And the way u characterized them was so so nice( I love that jk can do feelings in this one.) Ur writing style in general is really pleasant and smooth?? And I liked the dialogues a lot A+++ comedy.Anyway tysm for writing this I enjoyed this so much and I spent all morning reading this instead of getting ready. It was totally worth it tho!
TaehyungKim
Just nowWow, this was absolutely incredible, you never cease to amaze. The characterisation of Taehyung and Jungkook was just perfect, and I loved the gradual progression of their relationship. Your knowledge of figure skating is obvious, and I thank you so much for this beautiful fic Xx
bangtan_yoongi
Just nowSharleena I swear you are the Queen of Fanfics! I'm so in love with everything you write and this fic was done so well. It was really different from anything I've read and it went places I wasn't expecting it to. This fic is further proof of why you'll always be my fave writer.
uglyLlama9587
Just nowI survived ヽ(`⌒´)ノAnd true wiki became my best buddy lol(σ≧▽≦)σI just wanna say that I emptied a box of tissue both from my emo-tears and laughing-tears (っ´▽`)っ and I'm eating pizza because im- (╥_╥) emo stuff. This is beautiful... The characters, plot and you know the filth (๑・ω-)I love le yoonmin couple and honestly I'd read it if you make sequel with my baes in it ♡♡♡im so freakin sad because it ended where the story- like just my opinion- started.... My competition life!!!!(ノ゚Д゚)( ̄. ̄)(ノ*>∀<)ノ♡ I love you author~nim ♡♡♡♡
Anonymous
Just nowso good
mrkscafe
Just now"Healthy Competition" my ass he's the fucking love of your damn life.
Anonymous
Just nowOMG I HAVENT READ A WHOLESOME FIC IN A WHILE THANK U SO MUCH!!!! I honestly love everything on here, the way you describe their performances and their dynamic with each other it feels natural and not forced, amazing youre an amazing writer! lotsa love for u bb :)
Anonymous
Just nowBOI THIS IS PERFECTION!!!! I GOT GOOSEBUMPS, I'M LITERALLY ITCHY FROM THEM OMGI love you, I'm serious
minamis
Just nowoh my gosh I love this so much? as a competitive skater myself I really appreciate that you really tried to research and get things right and there were only a few inaccuracies when it came to some names and technicalities which is the best ive ever seen from a skating au fic. not to mention the taekook relationship progression was beautiful and I loved the ending so much wow I love taekook bless you for writing this and getting most of the skating details right
chaoswithcake
Just nowI can't wipe them smile off my right now. That- ahh this fic is so worth the time!
asassytree
Just nowOmfg I'm in love with this it's so so so good! I'm such a sucker for iceskating!aus and this is probably the best I've ever read! And British Jimin, like goddamn that's a concept by itself! You're an amazing author and I send all my love to you and this fic!<3<3
hatsandcaps
Just nowOh man, OH MANDude i am so bad at words but for u i will try my best to explain my utter love and adoration for this brilliant piece of art. First of all: i LOVE figure skating. I follow the sport and watch the russian livestreams and live the excitement and the fear everytime they do a jump. Everytime someone jumps i always hold my breath until they touch the ice again. It's beautiful, but so brutal and raw. And DUDE. DID I FEEL EVERYTHING I FELT WATCHING IT HERE TOO. They way you decribed the performances had my heart racing and the injuries and the music i'm seriously in tears. Aside the beautiful, amazing, showstopping, description of ice skating (which must have taken a lot of research man, promts to you) there was the beautiful blossoming of taekook's relationship. I loved how the competivity was shown. The constant battle of getting gold, the role confidence plays in a good performance. I loved the character development with Jungkook a lot. He grew so much throughout the entire fic, he was hungry and ambitious and arrogant and he learnt HOW to be arrogant. YOONMIN WERE SO PRECIOUS. They're so gross i love them, a power couple, truly the Yuri and Viktor i love them.Namjin oh BOY they history and dynamic was si interesting and it served as such a good back grouo to taekook becauae if the nature of their relationship. I love how you write Tae. I, a Tae stan, am filled with so much love for my boy. ((JUST FOR A SEC, WHEN HE APPEARED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND YOU DESCRIBED HIM IN THE RING GRACEFUL AND SHIT AND THEN TAE TRIPPING ON HIS WAY TO A TABLE I HELD MY HEART SO BAD THAT'S MY BOY)) THE. BANTER. I CRIED LAUGHING AT THE WHOLE PUTIN THING. One of the best things about taekook is thwir silliness and you captured them SO WELL. I loved this fic i will forever cry over this fic, when Yuzuru was mentioned i sold my soul to this fic there's no going bacKPlease keep writting friend i loved this and i will probs try and make art for it if you wouldn't mind, i am next gonna stalk your profile to see if you have twitter to send you the art and cry and scream some more NOW I MUST GO WATCH FIGURE SKATING AND NEVER FORGET THIS MASTERPIECE
Ari53
Just nowThis was so freaking beautiful. I loved your writing style and this plot is everything. Such a beautiful story line that leaves you feeling so satisfied and happy, most definitely because of how it was written. :)
houseofbibi
Just nowSo wonderfully written ♥
JBlinger
Just nowOh my god this is so fucking beautiful I'm going to cry.it was amazing, it kept me on the edge for so long, and SHIT THE ANXIETY WHENEVER THEY PERFORMEDit was like I could see them in my head, like a movie, so perfect. I loved it so much.Again, you're so talented! I can't wait to read more.Thank you for this story!
whippedforvkook
Just nowthis was so good!!! 15/10 fckkk thanks author-nim
mrdarcykth
Just nowWhat yhe hell this fic is so goooooood like i love it this story
loveksj
Just nowi used to be a figure skater and reading this made me tear up a lot ;-; i loved it a lot thank you for writing it!!!!!!
DancingSkys
Just nowThis is so, so good. I usually don't read my TaeKook but I love figure skating and this really was amazingI love how the two of them always have these stupid conversations about Putin and nipples like?! xD It's great, reallyAnd everyone else they were just so funny and the power couple YoonMin <3Jin and Nams were so funny with their bickering and drowning in a pile of snow. I wonder what that looked likeI really enjoyed this, thank you for writing such a good story <3
urqueen
Just nowThis is so cute and beautiful and great and wonderful I'm gonna need at least 3 years to cry over this
fixedzys
Just nowohmygod this so fucking good istgalthough im not really into figure skating but i enjoyed it a lot. so nice story about taekookthe best sport au ive ever read so farand thx also for yoonmin & namjin, they re my favorite beside the taekook of coursei love you famkeep writing and fighting!!!
meggytron
Just nowIdk but I was so obsessed with Kim Yuna last month that I watched her perfs everyday so when I found this fic, I was so excited to read. The story is great, lots of typos and a very very few grammar errors but I can let those go cuz I love the plot. I love the character development though it's quite confusing at the beginning. I also love how you describe their skating routines! But I have to say I'm not really okay with Tae's injuries being so frequent? Like it doesn't sit well with me that in almost all of the competitions, he had problems with his ankles. I feel like its taking away so much of Tae's actual potential of getting those golds. It feels like the other competitors just won cuz he was injured. I mean he was fully healed but he was still plagued with other injuries and it infuriates me. Also, is Tae competing again at the last competition? Is he 100% okay or is he still injured or something? Lmao anyway, I love this and good job!
natashakookie
Just nowI read this till past midnight omg it's highly addictive dear god the way you wrote about their routines made me feel their adrenaline too and i can imagine and picture their fluid movements and the pressure that they're inand taekook's hate to love sex and r/s and banter? couldn't ask for moreyou know a writer is excellent when the story they wrote comes to life for the readers man it's been such a long time since i felt a need to comment and give my compliments great fics like this don't come by easy and i sure appreciate this story so much~~~~~ LOVE IT!
ivy_geranium
Just nowWell this was perfection <3
Hitsuzen07
Just nowOhmygoohmygoooooooddddddd. This was perfect. The taekook build up was fucking amazing. The transition from competitors to fuckbuddies to friends to lovers was sooooo fucking seamless it felt real!I also love how sappy and in love yoonmin is here. I hope theres a side story to them though. Id dieeee to read their side of the story. And namjin.. i like jin's sassyness and joon's overall exasperation. And hoseok, good old pure hoseok. I cannot even begin to describe how well you integrate his character into the story. This was perfect. This was amazing. And ps - im having flashbacks to Yuri on Ice. Is this somehow inspired by that anime??
Shelly98
Just nowI feel like I waited all my life for this to finally come out, and let me tell you, it was sooo worth it!! It was beautiful as everyone of your works, I love bitchy Tae so much and I'm so weak for jealous Kook. I almost melted when Kook ran to help Tae and I was a mess at the phone call part. So good.Can't wait for the next fic, you're a really awesome writer!!
teatimetaemint
Just nowI am so in love with this, I don't have the words. This was so freakin beautiful, it made my chest feel tight with emotion so many times asdfghjklI love the pace of this, the progression of Taekook's relationship, the way you made me see their performances with your words."Yoongi's songs are made for him, only for him, forever for him, so of course it's the melody that chases Jimin, not the other way around."I actually teared up at this. SO BEAUTIFUL.This was amazing and I loved everything about it.
jerliase
Just nowOmg i loved this! Thank you so much, I appreciate you
vale_prime
Just nowI'm fucking crying this was so beautiful I love figure skating so much! Yoonmin getting married! and the development of the relationship was so beautiful I feel like I fell in love with their love.... does that make sense? Anyways it was beautiful!! Love it





