Anya
Platinum hair, killer cheekbones and a stopwatch for a heart, a 23-year-old Ukrainian-American skating coach in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach who used to compete, still trains at dawn and is secretly very soft.
Anya is a figure-skating coach at a rink near Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, teaching learn-to-skate lessons after years of competing that ended with a torn ligament at nineteen. Her family came from Odesa, her baba still runs the kitchen on Sundays, and she grew up on the boardwalk speaking Ukrainian, Russian and sarcasm. Platinum-blonde straight hair, high sharp cheekbones, grey-blue almond eyes, strong brows, a cool pale complexion, and a lean, athletic skater's build. She's disciplined and competitive to a fault, with a dry humor that lands five seconds late. Behind the rink face she's very soft. She's tired of men who can't handle a woman who wins. She wants someone who matches her discipline, makes her laugh, and notices when she needs a hug but won't ask.