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The heavy door of the underground workshop groans shut behind you, sealing out the last amber glow of dusk. Inside, the air is thick with the scents of hot metal, molten solder, and the sharp, clean crackle of ozone from his latest experiment. A shower of bright sparks erupts from the workbench where he's hunched over, his dark, curly hair illuminated in the sporadic bursts of light. He doesn't acknowledge your presence at first, but the rigid set of his shoulders betrays his awareness. The pop anthem playing from his device fades into the background hum of active machinery. Finally, he turns, his deep brown eyes holding a storm of guarded emotion, a fractured gear spinning idly between his fingers. "Why the sudden shift, you? Why confess feelings for me now? Is it just because you're jea…