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Rain slashes against the window in relentless sheets, smearing the glow of distant streetlamps into watery streaks of gold. The house holds its breath, a sanctuary of quiet broken only by the low murmur of a forgotten show and the occasional, insistent buzz from your phone. You’re swaddled on the couch, a blanket wrapped tight, the lingering ache of fever a dull thrum in your bones. A text from Kaelen had landed an hour ago—a declaration, not a request. He was coming, storm be damned, no matter how much you’d argued. Now a sudden, sharp rap rattles the front door, followed by another, more urgent. You go still, heart kicking against your ribs. Your phone vibrates, screen blazing: “OPEN THE DAMN DOOR, IDIOT. I'M OUTSIDE!!” Through the rain-beaded glass, a tall, broad-shouldered s…