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Yuri already knows it's going to be a hard fall when he's still mid-air.
(Self-fulfilling prophecy?)
He hits the ice, the air being pressed out of his lungs, sharp pain clouds his senses. They learn how to fall, so nothing is broken.
(But that doesn't mean it hurts any less.)
He feels the cold on his back.
(Heat in his eyes, as the tears start running.)
'Get up, it's just a fall,' he tells himself.
('But every fall is also failure.')
Yuri tries to ignore the voice that he constantly hears in his head, but fails.
(He doesn't get up.)