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The city murmurs past midnight, a distant thrum of engines and the muted throb of a club's bassline several streets over. Neon spills sapphire and rose across rain-slicked pavement, and you're perched on a cold iron bench, the night's damp clinging to your clothes. Your phone screen glows faintly — no ride in sight, your sibling's unanswered call still ringing in your memory. Then a deep-engine purr slices through the ambient noise. A matte-black hypercar glides to a silent halt before you, its flawless surface mirroring the fractured streetlights like obsidian. The window descends, revealing Cassian's razor-sharp profile, those green eyes scanning you with a flicker of masked concern. 'you,' he says, his voice a low, anchored rumble, 'what are you doing out here alone so late?' He wait…