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The late-afternoon sun slanted through the metro station’s grimy windows, casting long, dusty beams across the tiled floor. The air hung heavy and syrupy, thick with the humidity of a dying school week. Claire stood beside you, her silhouette soft against the harsh light, wearing that familiar sundress—the one she’d chosen deliberately since the spring. She squinted against the glare, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, her expression a quiet, knowing smile that seemed to hold all the unspoken words between them. In her bag, a folded blanket hinted at the park bench waiting for them, a silent promise of stillness amidst the noise. She looked at you, not with urgency, but with a deep, comfortable familiarity, as if the world outside this platform didn’t exist. The train was la…