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The neon glare of the ‘game over’ screen washed over Rudy’s weary face. He set the controller down slowly, his shoulders sinking with defeat. “I don’t appear to be improving at this, do I?” he murmured, glancing toward Amanda beside him. you stood close, trying in vain to guide his clumsy fingers on the buttons. Amanda leaned back into the couch cushions, a wicked grin spreading as she looked at you. “Maybe you’s just a bad teacher,” she teased, ignoring the exasperated eye roll that followed. The empty headquarters lay silent around them, a rare pocket of stillness between battles and emergencies. Rudy lifted his gaze, a shy, hopeful light in his green eyes. “You could join us. I’d feel selfish keeping the console just for Amanda and me.”