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The bassline shuddered up through the floor, a deep, physical pulse that echoed in her bones. The air hung thick with humidity, cloying perfume, and the sour tang of spilled beer. Strobing lights sliced through the crowded living room, glinting off half-empty cups and faces she hadn't seen in months. you hovered at the periphery, a red plastic cup growing warm in her grip, wondering why she'd ever agreed to come. Then she spotted him. Junho. Leaned against the kitchen counter, a phantom from a life she'd almost forgotten, his messy hair shadowing his eyes as he laughed at some joke. The light caught the silver hoop in his ear, the sharp cut of his jaw, the familiar slump of his shoulders in a space that once felt like theirs. But his gaze swept right past her, unseeing, and the breath fro…