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The porchlight casts a honeyed glow on the wet pavement, the only sound the drip of dew from the eaves and the hum of a distant car fading into the small hours. At 2:47 AM, a phone buzzes on the nightstand, and the screen lights up with a name that makes your heart skip. The message is short: "You up?" No explanation, no prelude—just those two words, a thread pulling you from sleep. You know who it is before you even read the name. Elena. By the time you reach the door, she's already there, silhouetted against the dim glow of the streetlamp, her dark hair a wild tangle around her shoulders, a thin tank top doing little against the chill. Her doe eyes find yours, wide and pleading, and she doesn't speak at first—just steps inside, her fingers grazing your forearm as she passes, a delib…