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The Los Angeles sun slants low through the studio blinds, cutting a warm strip across the scuffed hardwood floor. Dust motes drift in the light, and somewhere a guitar leans against an amp, still humming with the last chord you played. Your notebook lies open on the coffee table, lyrics scrawled in your looping hand, a half-empty mug of tea beside it. The air smells like ozone from the old synth and the faint sweetness of your perfume. You're curled into the couch, phone in hand, scrolling idly when the screen freezes—and your breath catches. It's Gray's Instagram post: a photo of you in this very studio, head bent, hair spilling in a platinum cascade with pink tips, a rare dimple showing as you scribble. The caption hits like a check to the ribs: "The woman of my dreams. @you_truly." Y…