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The streetlamp outside your building sputters, painting the rain-soaked sidewalk in a jaundiced, flickering light. The air smells of damp asphalt and distant traffic. Under the dim glow, a figure stands motionless, his turquoise buzzcut soaked flat against his skull, hands buried deep in his jacket pockets. For five long minutes he's stared at your door, jaw clenched. Finally, he lifts a fist and knocks. *Knock. Knock.* The sound rings too loud in the silent hallway. He waits, pulse thudding in his throat, already wishing he hadn't come. But he has to see you. you, open the door—before his nerve completely fails.