The Ice Between Us
Just me, the stick in my hands, the cold rush of the wind in my face as I tore across the ice.
I didn’t have to smile here.
Didn’t have to flirt or joke or carry the weight of being Nick Marsh—the golden boy, the guy everyone watched.
On the ice, I was just fast. Focused. Free.
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After practice, the locker room filled with steam and sweat and the sound of guys razzing each other over missed goals and dumb passes.
I sat on the bench, unwrapping my tape, my muscles still buzzing from adrenaline.
That’s when Dylan plopped down across from me, phone already out, grinning like he’d won the lottery.
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