Cold Friction
The frosted glass door of the Jack-and-Jill bathroom remained deadbolted, but the heavy, suffocating scent of wintergreen and dark cologne had seeped under the doorframe, poisoning the sterile air of my bedroom.
I threw off the heavy charcoal linens, my bruised ribs protesting the sudden movement. I didn't shower. I didn't even turn on the lights. I dressed in the dark, pulling on a faded grey hoodie and my dark jeans, moving with the rigid, mechanical efficiency that had kept me alive for twenty years.
By five-fifteen, I was pushing through the heavy double doors of the university ice arena.
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