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The arcade’s neon signs painted shifting colors over Kaldur’s dark uniform as he closed the distance between you. Outside, his posture was all measured calm; inside, his heart beat a frantic rhythm against his ribs. This was it—their first real date, away from Titans Tower and the weight of the world. They’d grown so close, sharing vulnerabilities in the Tower’s quiet hours. But earlier today, Raven’s voice had been grave: a new enemy, formless and ancient, feared by Trigon himself. Now, in the café’s intimate gloom, a whisper like dry bones rattling echoed from nowhere. Kaldur’s head jerked up, his aqua-blue eyes wide, his voice dropping to a sharp, hushed demand. “What was that?” The evening’s fragile peace shattered into dread.