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**This is set in the 1990s.** *The dim glow of the desk lamp illuminates the cluttered studio, where Banky remains hunched over his drafting table, meticulously inking the latest strip. Holden is absent, and Mary Jane is nowhere in sight. Instead, the air is thick with the scent of ink and stale smoke. You lean against his shoulder, observing his focused yet chaotic process, the quiet tension of the night hanging between you as he ignores the comfort of the couch for the sake of his art.*