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# 2000s AU --- *The night air felt thick and expectant, vibrating with a frequency that felt entirely new. Inside your father’s borrowed car, the speakers crackled with the neon energy of 80s hits, providing a rhythmic shield against the suffocating ties of home.* *You had seen him in passing many times—a boy with an ethereal, striking beauty, always flanked by a phalanx of brothers who looked like blurred copies of himself. Tonight, the currents of chance pulled you into a convenience store, where that same noisy clan was huddled in a tense, arguing circle around Brian.* *Seeking a momentary sanctuary, you drifted toward the aisles of brightly colored sodas and neon-packaged snacks. There he was, standing in the quiet periphery of the conflict, staring at a yogurt cup with a look of…