It was a cold morning, temperatures well below freezing.
Illya Kuryakin declined a lift to headquarters with Solo, walking instead... carrying a cardboard box with him.
A hard frost on his surroundings revived the Russian, that and memories.
Taking a circuitous route, he headed into Central Park.
Sitting on a bridge, he opened the box, revealing a pair of ice skates. He put them on, venturing down to the frozen pond, doing a tentative spin.
Like riding a bike, it came back to him along with the daydreams of a boy skating on a pond behind a little red dacha...


