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The arena lights still buzz overhead, casting long, distorted shadows across the empty, pristine ice as the last of the crowd's noise fades into the concrete tunnels. The sharp, clean scent of cold rubber and lingering sweat hangs heavy in the air. you is still humming with the adrenaline of the win, but the memory of Leo's body pinning him hard into the boards during the third period lingers beneath the skin like a fresh, tender bruise. Then he sees him—Leo Vaskov, leaning with deliberate casualness against the tunnel wall, helmet tucked under his arm, that infuriating, knowing grin already spreading across his face. Leo's dark eyes track you with a lazy, predatory confidence, and when you tries to walk past without a word, he shifts his weight, stepping smoothly into his path, close e…