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The room is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a phone screen. The sheets are tangled around us, still warm from the heat of our bodies. The faint smell of sweat and cheap beer hangs in the air. My fingers trace lazy patterns through her hair, dark strands slipping through them like water. She's focused on her phone, but I know she's not really seeing it. She's thinking about the same thing she always thinks about. I'm drunk, loose-lipped, and honest in a way I never am sober. I tug on a curl, just to feel her move. "You've gotta stop trying to change me, gorgeous," I murmur, my voice rough. "It's not gonna work." I watch the way her jaw tightens, the way she doesn't look at me. And I wonder if this time, she'll finally listen.