You'd think with being cautious you're whole life the universe would give you 1 moment...

1 SINGLE MOMENT

to do something slightly dangerous, right?
well...it didn't
at all

  As wobbly legs step out on the ice, a blast of cold air comes through, nearly knocking over the the sea legged or in this case lake legged man over. A shiver runs through the man the cold air tickling his upper face not covered by his scarf.

  He squints his eyes not just in irritation, but in a desperateness to see the frozen lake ahead of him, the darkness of dead winter barely penetrable by the full moon above .
The man lets out a sigh, a cold sweat coming over him as he attempts to move farther inward on the lake.

  His sweating seems to multiply as he moves forward on the ice, alone...

'Come on.....just make it to the center then I'll head back to the edge and go home '....

.... The man thinks, hyping himself up on the dangerous venture.

and ice skating ALONE of all things .... maybe that was the stupid idea that my life long build up of karma couldn't pay for....

The man knew how stupid he was for this, skating in the dark ..
..alone..
... With no experience
  Yeah the dumbest of the dumbest plans but he just....had to. From a baby to a boy and now a man, he had been nothing but cautious his whole life never taking any risks in anything.
But that would change today with this plan. He'd be a real man, he'd live like he had a life to well, live.
             ______❄️❄️❄️______

  The man skated a feet forward, wobbling slightly. Only a couple more feet and he would reach the center of the lake then phase one of the plan would be done. He has managed to miss most of the small cracks, only catching his heel on one of them, but it's was pretty small, not like that would matter. Right?

  He moved forward once again, finally finishing the distance required to reach the center of the lake. A smile reached across his face as he looked around him. He has for once, been brave, he has for once did something of his own choice and that was more than he'd ever thought he could do.

Bravery is such a beastly thing, isn't it?

  The man did a quick spin in the center of the lake watching his world rotate like the planets did the sun, for once he was the center of something, the brightest thing in the area.

  As he came to a slowing stop he frowned a bit, missing the feeling of excitement the spin held...

'maybe one more....then I'll head back to land'
 
This time, he put even more power the world around him spinning and distorting like items being sucked into a black hole.
.....
 
But that feeling came to and abrupt stop as his skate snagged on something, a crack
 
The man fell ass-first on the lake, well
he should have, if it hadn't given away beneath him.
.....
now I'm dead, Frozen to death at the bottom of the lake like some hibernating frog.
god I hated ice skating for 5 years why did I think id suddenly like it now?

Cold.
Cold ice water hit his back with a sicking slap, causing him to gasp.
Bad idea.
Water began invading his nose, mouth and even ears as something began dragging his deeper.
Snagged.
His skate was snagged on something, it was big and heavy, acting like the grim reapers hand, bringing him to a watery grave.
Thrashing.
He began thrashing and moving around using up much of his energy to attempt to remove the item from his foot.
Futile.
Bubbles escaped his mouth as he let out one final muted scream. He knew this was the end.
He stared up at the slowly disappearing light above, sinking deeper into the muddled water below.
He was tired.
He was cold.
...at the bottom of the lake like some hibernating frog.
The water was tiring.
The water was cold.

And then it was warm.

Pilot: hibernating frog : end