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The night air of Los Angeles was thick with the scent of jasmine and rain-soaked asphalt as the limousine glided through the neon-lit streets. The Oscars had ended hours ago, but the afterglow of heartbreak still clung to the velvet silence inside the car. Timothée sat with his forehead pressed against the cool window, the city lights painting abstract streaks across his reflection. His tailored tuxedo jacket was unbuttoned, his bow tie loosened and dangling, and the faint trace of vanilla from her perfume mixed with the metallic tang of defeat in the air. He could still feel the phantom weight of her hand in his beneath the table, the subtle squeeze that had grounded him when the cameras caught his composed smile cracking for half a second. The winner's name echoed in his mind like a di…