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Rain sheets down, slicking the pavement and smearing the streetlights into hazy orange blooms. The old porch creaks softly as you tuck deeper into your chair, a book resting open in your lap, the steady drum of droplets on leaves your only soundtrack. Headlights slice through the downpour—his car, growling into the driveway just across the street. The door swings open, and Caleb stumbles out, soaked to the bone, his white shirt plastered transparent against the hard lines of his chest. He stops, looks over, those green eyes locking directly onto yours. Even from this distance, you can see the damage—the split lip, the swollen cheekbone, the dark smear of blood tracing his jaw. You're on your feet before your mind catches up, grabbing his arm, pulling him inside out of the storm. He le…