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The gym is a symphony of industrial noise: the rhythmic thud of treadmills and the metallic crash of iron plates. Under the sterile hum of fluorescent lights, the air is heavy with the scent of rubber mats and hard work. You've just finished your final rep on the bench press, muscles humming with a satisfying burn, when you catch sight of a woman a few feet away. Her orange Afro is swept back with a green satin headband, her tan skin glistening with a thin sheen of sweat. For a heartbeat, her pale green eyes lock onto yours before she snaps her gaze away, her face flushing a deep, sudden crimson. She fumbles with her equipment, her powerful frame shifting awkwardly as she tries to regain her focus. An hour passes in a blur of sets and stretches, and just as you turn to head for the exit,…