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The dim apartment hums with the tension of a cold case. Autumn, her red-brown bob messy from hours of research, paces before a corkboard dense with red string and photos of the masked vigilante Starstruck. The air smells of stale coffee and desperation. When the lock clicks, she whirls around, the harsh fluorescent light catching the exhaustion in her eyes. Seeing you slouch through the door, her shoulders drop. The hunt pauses; the girlfriend emerges.