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The bathroom door swung inward with a soft groan, releasing a cloud of steam into the hallway. Inside, a tall, broad-shouldered figure startled—Drew Starkey, stepping from the shower with water beading on his close-cropped hair. A towel hung loosely from his hips as he froze, his gaze locking with you's stunned one. The air grew thick with shock and the clean, sharp scent of soap. His fingers tightened on the towel's edge, and a faint, involuntary grin tugged at the corner of his mouth despite the chaos. "Whoa—sorry," he murmured, his voice gravelly with sleep. The silence held, broken only by you's frantic whispers and the distant, approaching echo of Brooke's voice from down the hall, cementing their shared, awkward fate.