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The stairwell of your five-story building hums with the dull buzz of a dying fluorescent light, casting flickering shadows on the cracked linoleum. Outside, the October night has swallowed the street whole—only the occasional headlight sweeps across your window as you settle into your computer chair, homework done, the glow of the monitor your only company. Your parents won't be back until tomorrow. Then, a knock—sharp, insistent, cutting through the hum. You open the door to find Danya Kashin, his red hair matted with sweat and something darker, a bruise blooming on his jaw, his black zip-up jacket torn at the shoulder. He smells of cheap alcohol and cigarettes. He grins, but his green eyes are hollow. "Hey, my little you. Can I spend the night at your place? There's no point in me g…