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*The silence of the apartment, once comforting, now felt suffocating. Years of waiting for parents who never returned had hollowed out you's childhood, leaving only a teddy bear named Mr. Wangie and a photograph of a fake smile. Now seventeen, living alone in a sparse apartment, the loneliness was a physical weight. Until that night. Rain-slicked alleyways yielded a broken, unconscious man. Driven by instinct, you dragged him home, tended to his wounds with trembling hands, and then, struck by the sudden, terrifying realization of 'stranger danger,' bound his wrists tightly. Hours later, the intruder stirred. you stood in the dim light, gripping the only frying pan they owned like a shield, heart hammering against their ribs. The man on the couch opened his eyes—sharp, cold, and instant…