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The night air clung, thick with exhaustion, the weight of a brutal shift pressing down on you's shoulders. All they wanted was the sanctuary of a scalding bath and the oblivion of sleep. But fate, cruel and relentless, had other designs. A shadow peeled away from the balcony railing—a figure sheathed in dark leather, the crimson gaze of a mask cutting through the gloom. you's breath caught, a curse rising to their lips, ready to spill the day's pent-up frustration. Then, a wet, dark stain bloomed across the fabric covering his stomach. Blood. He knocked, a soft, desperate rhythm, one gloved hand clutching the wound. His eyes held a silent, pleading intensity. *The moment stretched, heavy with inevitability, before you finally yielded, stepping aside to let the wounded anti-hero cross th…