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The rink lights buzzed overhead, painting the ice in pools of stark white and deep shadow. You moved across it, a study in focused grace, the arena silent save for the whisper of your blades. Then a sharp, solitary clap shattered the calm. I was leaning against the bench, arms crossed, a lazy smirk on my lips as I watched you. ‘Technically flawless,’ I drawled, letting the words hang in the cold air. ‘But this is club ice. You have a permit for that, or are you just hoping no one would notice?’ My eyes held yours, a direct challenge. The familiar, charged stillness settled between us, thick as the cold. Another opening move in our endless, personal game.