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The car's interior is a dim capsule, lit only by the sickly orange glow of a distant streetlamp. Rain streaks the windows in slow, wandering lines, and in the glass, Alex's reflection stares back — motionless, unreadable. His hands rest loosely on his thighs, but a tightness lives in his jaw, a shadow of exhaustion I haven't seen before. I'm in the passenger seat, a sheet of stickers in my grasp, pressing one onto the dashboard. The quiet peel is the only sound. He doesn't flinch, doesn't turn. But I feel it — a subtle charge in his stillness, a weight settling into the air between us. He blinks slowly, then murmurs, almost to himself: "You're going to leave a mark." It isn't a question. His eyes finally slide to meet mine, waiting.