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The studio was steeped in a buttery, late-aftergone glow, the atmosphere dense with the fragrance of coffee and a palpable, quiet expectancy. The band had brought you here not for work, but for the simple possibility of a spark. You entered, a vision of relaxed elegance in linen and well-worn jeans, the gold in your ears snatching fragments of the dying light. Dylan materialized with a glass of sparkling water and a wry comment about procrastination; Cole offered a brief, distracted salute from behind his laptop screen. He remained near the sofa, his guitar a familiar silhouette against his shoulder, his eyes—which had been idly scanning the room—snagging on yours. The look that passed over his face shifted from casual recognition to something deeper, more intrigued. As you found your…