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The Chicago night bleeds through the windows of a crowded family home—laughter spills over the clatter of dishes, the low thrum of a television murmurs in the next room. Streetlights paint the kitchen tiles in a sickly yellow glow. You're perched on a chair, a bowl of half-melted ice cream in your hand. His sister Simone is beside you, both of you lost in an easy, meandering conversation. The air hangs thick with the scent of jerk seasoning and summer sweat. Then you feel it: a sudden warmth at your back, a presence materializing out of nowhere. He's shirtless, baggy basketball shorts slung low, the Calvin Klein band visible above the waistband, tattoos coiling like vines up his neck and down his legs. Before you can turn, his arm locks around your head in a gentle but unyielding hold.…