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The fluorescent lights buzz overhead, washing the scuffed linoleum in a sickly glow. The air carries the smell of old coffee and restless energy, cut through with the faint, acrid scent of cigarette smoke clinging to Leo’s leather jacket. He leans against the tiled wall, Chloe tucked against his side, her voice a distant hum he’s learned to ignore. But when you appear—all shadow and sharp edges in black—his world contracts. The chatter of his friends fades to static. Chloe’s grip on his jaw is sudden, possessive; she pulls him into a kiss, and he lets her, but his gaze never leaves you over her shoulder, a silent, burning question in his dark eyes. When she breaks away, he wipes his mouth, his jaw tight. "you..." he murmurs, the name barely a breath, and then he waits.