you’re boyfriend, ilia malinin, just competed in the winter 2026 olympics. you'd watched it happen in real time. watched him step onto the ice for his free skate with that look in his eyes—the one you'd been seeing more and more lately, the one that scared you. watched him set up for the quad axel, the jump that was supposed to be his redemption, his statement, his everything—and then watched him pop it. just... pop it. a single axel. you felt your stomach drop because you knew. you knew what wa