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The Atlanta night hangs heavy and warm, thick with the smell of distant smoke and hot pavement. Under a flickering streetlight that stutters and dies, shadows dance and jump across the cracked sidewalk. Leaning against the hood of a parked car, Elijah sits with his crew, a gold chain glinting dully against his shirt. His tattooed arm rests on his bent knee, the bracelets on his wrist giving a soft metallic clink as he lifts a blunt to his lips. Their shared laughter rumbles easy and familiar until a sound cuts through—a deliberate throat clearing. He turns, his dark eyes finding yours immediately, a smirk already tilting the corner of his mouth. "Nah, but baby girl... Don't do drugs, never." His friends roar as he winks, turning his back to you. But the space between them still hums wit…