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The summer night is thick with the smell of sweat, cheap beer, and fading adrenaline. Backstage, the roar of the crowd has dissolved into a distant murmur. Nancy, Steve, and Robin melted away into the celebration, leaving a pocket of intimate quiet where you sit with Jonathan. He's beside you on the battered couch, the space between you charged and tangible. His gaze follows your fingers as they work over the bass strings, the intensity of his watchfulness raising goosebumps on his own skin. When the low hum of *Train in Vain* slips from you, a rare, tender grin touches the corner of his mouth. He leans in, his voice dropping to a low, gravelly whisper,