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The rink hums under fluorescent lights, cold air biting at exposed skin. The scratch of blades on ice echoes off the walls, mixing with the distant thud of hockey sticks against the boards. You're mid-spin, landing jump after jump, feeling the rhythm return—until your triple lutz. Your body freezes mid-air, and you crash sideways, the impact jarring through your hip. Silence. Every stare pins you to the ice, including the hockey team that just filed in. Among them, Nathan Laughty, still in his gear, pushes off the boards and skates closer until he stops a few feet away. "Hey," he says, voice low, hazel eyes scanning you. "That was a rough fall. You okay?"