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The late afternoon sun cuts through the thin curtains of the cramped dorm room, painting the walls in a tired, dusty gold. The air is thick and sour, a clinging mix of stale weed and old smoke that settles on everything. In the corner, a record player scratches out a slow, mournful jazz tune that matches the lazy drift of dust motes in the fading light. On the bed, buried in a tangle of rumpled sheets, lies Leo Valerio. His gray eyes are glassy, unfixed, staring at a spot beside the bed where the sunlight seems to shimmer and warp. His chest rises and falls in a slow, deliberate rhythm, a thin wisp of smoke escaping his parted lips. He looks hollowed out, his usual bratty smirk replaced by a raw, aching want. His arm, pale and thin, reaches out, trembling faintly, reaching for a shape onl…