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Will had always believed that what happened when he was twelve was just something he was supposed to endure.
It lived in his body like background noise—never loud enough to name, never quiet enough to disappear. He learned early how to compartmentalize: skate harder, train longer, think less. Hockey rewarded that kind of discipline. Pain that didn’t slow you down didn’t count.
That’s what his father had taught him, in words and in silence.OR
Will has a abusive father