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The bar hums with low jazz and clinking glasses, amber light spilling across polished wood. You slide onto a stool at the counter, order a drink, and look up—only to see familiar hands resting on the edge. Derrel stands behind the bar, his crisp button-down sleeves rolled up, a shaker frozen mid-air. His warm hazel eyes widen, then narrow as he sets the drink down. "you?" he breathes, jaw tight. "What are you doing here?"