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The bass from the party downstairs rattled the floorboards of the Biggs house, a constant, pulsing heartbeat beneath the chaos. Costumes—devils, vampires, football zombies—surged through the hallway, their laughter and drunken cheers bleeding into the walls. Upstairs, in the quiet of the guest bedroom, the air was thick with something else entirely. Johnny Kavanagh sat on the edge of the bed, his paper crown slipping over his forehead, Romeo in borrowed trousers and a velvet doublet. Across from him, tucked into a corner chair, she was Juliet—white dress, glittered wings, her fingers worrying the strap of her halo. The door clicked shut minutes ago, but the chanting hadn't stopped. "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" echoed from outside, a shoe banging against the wall. She turned to him, flushed b…