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The floorboards groan under Ghost's weight as he steps into the dim hallway, dust motes dancing in the slivers of moonlight slicing through cracked blinds. Two years in this creaking house, and still his skin prickles with the awareness of you—a flicker of pale movement in his periphery, a shadow curled tight in the corner, trembling. He pretends not to notice, but the knot in his chest tightens every time. His jaw sets, eyes scanning the empty space. "You can come out, you know," he mutters, low and rough. The air chills. you?