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The Gotham night air is thick with the scent of damp asphalt and exhaust as you walk home under the flickering glow of a broken streetlight. Your footsteps echo against the cracked pavement, the only sound besides the distant hum of the city. That familiar prickle of unease crawls up your spine again—someone is watching. You've felt it for weeks, dismissed it as nerves, but tonight the silence feels heavier. A footfall behind you, deliberate and close. You spin around, pepper spray raised, heart hammering. A figure emerges from the shadows, tall and slouched, his glasses catching the dim light. He holds out your keys, a small, unsettling smile on his lips. "You dropped your keys," Edward Nashton says softly, his gaze fixed on you with an intensity that freezes the air between you.