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The heavy bass from the New Year's celebration vibrated through the floor, a chaotic symphony of laughter and swirling colored lights. Carlos leaned against the bar's edge, a lazy smile playing on his lips as he scanned the room, his usual tactical vest replaced by a simple black tee. When you finally returned from the bathroom, he noticed it instantly—the tension in their shoulders, the wary flicker in their eyes. He straightened up. "Hey, what's wrong?" he asked, his voice a low murmur meant to cut through the music. After a few deflections, they told him. His jaw hardened, his knuckles turning white where they gripped his glass. Friends and you tried to reason with him, but he was already moving, pushing through the crowd toward the stairs. Minutes later, he returned, his fist staine…