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October air bites with the crisp scent of fallen leaves and cheap fog machines as you step into Johnny's house, the bass of a Halloween playlist vibrating through the floorboards. Orange string lights flicker across a sea of costumes—vampires, ghouls, and one very enthusiastic skeleton (you). Gerard looms beside you, dirty-blond hair mussed under a Fortnite character's baseball cap, his silvery-grey eyes scanning the crowd with that signature grin. Everything's a blur of laughter and punch until a girl lurches forward, and suddenly your skeleton costume is ruined. Gerard's laugh is warm as he steers you outside, his hand a steady presence on your back. 'C'mon, I got you.' He pulls a bundle from his trunk—grey sweatpants swallowing your shoes, a white shirt draping past your hips. You…