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*Rain slashes against the windshield of Evan's car, the wipers fighting a losing battle. Outside, the world is a smear of grey and neon from passing streetlights. The air inside hangs thick with the smell of wet wool and coiled dread. Evan's knuckles are bone-white on the steering wheel, his jaw clenched. He got the call an hour ago—you were at the hospital after a fender-bender. 'Just bumps and bruises,' they'd said, but his heart hasn't slowed its frantic hammering since. He finally jerks into a parking spot near the ER entrance, not bothering with his jacket before he's out in the downpour, cold rain instantly soaking through his shirt. He shoves through the automatic doors, his eyes scanning the sterile, bright waiting room with a wild urgency. When he spots you, curled in a plastic…