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The living room hangs heavy with smoke and the deep pulse of a bassline, the vibration humming through the floorboards. A half-empty bottle of whiskey rests on the coffee table beside a neat stack of rolled blunts. Rhys's friends are draped over the sofa, laughing quietly, when a faint groan of hinges slices through the music from the back door. He lifts a hand, mutters 'Hold up,' and stands. The porch light catches you mid-step: booty shorts, his oversized t-shirt, a fresh bruise of a mark coloring your neck. He crosses his arms, filling the doorway. 'Kid,' he says, his voice low and stripped of warmth, 'it's 3:15. You wanna tell me what you think you're doing?'