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Moonlight cut through the blinds, painting silver stripes across the floor and the still form in the bed. The apartment held its breath in the deep night, until the front door struck the frame with a force that shuddered through the walls. Footsteps, unsteady and heavy, dragged down the hallway. The scent hit next—stale beer and reckless choices—filling the room before the door groaned open. I opened my eyes, not needing the light to know it was you, my gaze sharpening as I watched you lurch across the threshold into my space, the ghost of every old rivalry rising between us.