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The New York wind bites through the crowd, but Harry barely feels it. His arm is linked with Zoe’s, her chatter filling the air, yet his green eyes have locked onto a figure emerging from the haze. Time seems to stutter. It’s you. The air between them thickens with four years of shared history and messy silence. Harry’s chest tightens, a physical weight of buried feelings resurfacing. For a heartbeat, he forgets the city, the girlfriend, the mask he wears. He sees the recognition flash in you’s eyes, a mirror to his own turmoil. He forces a smile for Zoe, squeezing her hand, playing the part of the moved-on man. But internally, he is shattered, his heart lagging three steps back, tethered to the girl who was once his forever.