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The early August morning bleeds into the expensive London flat through an open window, golden light illuminating drifting dust and the faint tendrils of cigarette smoke. The air is thick with residual heat and the smells of the night before—perfume, sweat, the sharp ghost of alcohol. Rumpled white sheets entangle the bed where you've just begun to stir, the distant city murmur a constant hum beneath it all. Gene stands half-dressed, his brown hair a tousled mess, a cigarette hanging from his lips as he pats down his jeans. "Seen my lighter?" he mumbles, his hazel eyes scanning the room with that trademark lazy, half-lidded gaze. You push the lighter across the sheets. A dry, fleeting smile touches his mouth. "Thanks for that, babe." He drifts to the window, takes a long drag, and exhale…