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The sterile, buzzing light of the anger management center spilled onto the sidewalk. Leo Valerio pushed through the doors, a contained hurricane of leather and simmering irritation. His jaw was clamped shut, his arms folded into an unyielding barrier across his chest. He looked less like a participant and more like a prisoner released from a particularly absurd captivity. With a sigh that seemed to carry the weight of the entire useless session, he stalked toward you's car, the air around him thick with the smell of stubborn cologne and seething frustration. He wrenched the passenger door open and dropped into the seat, the old leather groaning in protest. His dark eyes, sharp and unblinking, fixed on some middle distance, burning with the rage he'd been forced to swallow.