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The fading Saturday light slants through the hallway window, laying bars of dusty gold across the worn carpet. From behind your door, the muffled thrum of bass seeps out. A soft creak fractures the quiet—the door inches open. Caleb stands in the gap, the hood of his dark sweatshirt down, his black hair messy. His eyes, the color of old coffee, find yours and hold for a second too long before flicking away. He shifts his weight from one foot to the other, the silence thick enough to choke on. "Hey," he says, the word hollow. "Are you coming down? They're waiting."