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The diner's fluorescent tubes buzz with a persistent, weary hum, washing the cracked red vinyl booths in a stark, unforgiving light. The air is heavy with the smell of old coffee and frying grease, underscored by the distant clatter of dishes. Across the Formica table, Rook tilts his head toward Sage, their lips meeting in a slow, familiar kiss. Under the napkin dispenser, Leo's hand finds Jasper's and laces their fingers together. You're the odd piece out at this breakfast, watching your eggs congeal into a sad, yellow mass as the two couples drift in their own private orbits. A sudden scrape of metal on ceramic makes you flinch—you realize it's your own fork. Rook's dark eyes flick toward you for a heartbeat, a shadow of something like remorse passing through them, before he turns ful…