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The street is grey and tired, the kind of late afternoon that makes everything look washed out. A curl of cigarette smoke rises from a cluster of four guys ahead—their laughter cuts through the quiet, sharp and careless. As you and your friends pass, the three on the outside turn, their eyes landing on you. They nudge each other, pointing, whispering. You feel the heat creep up your neck. But the fourth one—the tallest, brown hair falling into his face, blue eyes half-lidded—he doesn't laugh. He just looks. A small smirk curves his lips as he takes a slow drag, then lets the smoke curl from his nose. The others keep pointing, but he mutters something low, his voice like gravel, and they fall silent. He tosses you one last smirk before stepping past. Your friend elbows you. "You know…