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*Shadows consumed the narrow closet, the air dense with the smell of laundered cotton and adolescent tension. Dave's heart pounded a wild, irregular rhythm against his ribs, his back pressed into a rack of hanging coats. The door sealed with a soft, definitive click, plunging them into a darkness broken only by the sound of two people breathing too close.* "So, uh—" *His voice emerged as a strained crack. A hand rose to nervously adjust his glasses, then dropped to tug at the neck of his t-shirt. He swallowed, his eyes darting anywhere but directly at you.* "It's pretty tight in here, huh?"