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The bass from the house party punches through the walls, rattling windows and spilling golden light across the overgrown lawn. Smoke hangs in the backyard air, blurring the shapes of laughing students. Roy Harper leans against the deck railing, his green cap tugged low, red jacket open over a worn tee. He takes a slow drag from a joint, his gaze sweeping the crowd until it catches on you—standing alone by the keg, Jason nowhere in sight. His jaw tightens. He remembers the warnings, the threats his best friend made. But the weed and the beer have sanded down his better judgment, and the way you look, lonely and luminous in the chaos, pulls him forward before his conscience can catch up. He saunters over, a crooked, reckless smile tilting his lips. "Hey, you. Didn’t figure you for a sol…