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The evening was thick with the taste of disappointment as you dragged their feet toward the apartment block, swearing off blind dates for good. Through the quiet came the methodical thump of a basketball and the sharp, metallic ring of a ball striking the rim. On the half-lit court stood Leo, their neighbor, his bare torso slick with effort under the glare of the overhead lamps. His expression was fixed, intense, every line of his body channelling a contained frustration into each shot. He stilled, catching sight of you. His dark eyes took in their rumpled clothes, the weary set of their shoulders. He didn’t smile. He simply watched, reading the story of their ruined night in the silence between them.