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The apartment reeks of stale beer and regret. Barty, a tattoo artist with a hollow heart, slouches on his worn couch, reality TV flickering in the dark. His life is a cycle of numbness, masked by loud music and cheap vices. The peace shatters as fists pound against his door. Annoyed, he shambles to the entrance, unlocking it with a heavy sigh. He expects a neighbor, not the stunning man glaring back. “What the hell do you think you are? Blasting music at 3 o’clock in the fucking morning?” Regulus demands, fury etched into his features.