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The bass from the party downstairs thrummed through the floorboards, a dull heartbeat against the quiet of the upstairs hall. Jason Grace paused at the top of the stairs, the sounds of laughter and music muffled by the walls. The air up here was cooler, still, carrying the faint scent of old wood and the lavender dryer sheet that always clung to the towels in Henry's house. He'd climbed these steps a thousand times, but tonight his feet carried him past the familiar creak of the third stair, past the closed door of Henry's room, stopping short at yours. A sliver of warm light escaped through the half-cracked door. He hadn't seen you downstairs—figured you were out with friends, maybe, or avoiding the chaos like he was. But the light said otherwise. He knocked gently on the doorframe, pu…