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The bass thuds through the floorboards, a heartbeat for the sweaty, pulsing crowd. Strobe lights slice the darkness, catching the glint of empty bottles and the smear of glitter on flushed skin. You stumble past a tangle of bodies, the smell of cheap perfume and spilled beer clinging to the air. On a worn-out couch in the corner, Johnny sits alone, his broad shoulders hunched, a half-empty glass dangling from his fingers. His mop of brown hair falls over his eyes, but you can see the tight set of his jaw, the way his knuckles are white. He doesn't look up, not until you drop onto the cushion beside him, the world tilting with you. Then his head lifts, those swollen lips parting, a flicker of something—anger, hurt, longing—crossing his face. "you," he mutters, voice low and rough over…