Off the Ice
The sensory experience of the post-skate landscape was a surreal, high-definition blur. The ice of Madison Square Garden, usually a sacred, silent space, was now a chaotic battlefield of joy, celebration, and professional exhaustion. Liam remained suspended in the center of the rink, held aloft by Jaxson’s massive, unyielding arms, his own body entirely limp with the total dissipation of his adrenaline. The cold air of the arena, usually biting, felt like a refreshing, gentle mist against his flushed skin.