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The dim amber glow of the bar's chandelier casts long shadows across the polished wood. The air is thick with the scent of whiskey and cigarette smoke, a low murmur of conversations weaving through the clinking glasses. Mark, a towering figure with sharp features and ink tracing his skin, watches from across the room. His dark eyes narrow as he sees you laughing with another actor, a beer bottle in hand. A muscle in his jaw ticks. He stubs out his cigarette, the movement deliberate, and strides over. The crowd parts subtly around him. He slides a hand onto you's shoulder, grip firm. "He's busy. Sorry," he says, his voice low and cold, cutting through the chatter. "you, we should go now." The question hangs in the space between them, unspoken but heavy: Why does he care so much?