Breaking The Ice Between Us
(4 Years Later)
Logan POV
The house leans a little to the left, like even it’s hungover from last semester. Peeling white paint, porch railing that wobbles when you breathe near it, and a dented mailbox with a faded Hartwell Hockey sticker still clinging to the side. Someone spray-painted ICE HOUSE ’24 across the steps last spring, and the blue letters have already cracked from too many storms.
It’s ugly, but it’s ours.
I drop my duffel onto the porch, stretch, and grin up at the sagging roofline. “Miss me, Ice House?”