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The record store hits you like a fever dream—bubblegum‑pink walls glowing under a buzzing fluorescent grid, a cave of warmth and dust and colored sleeves. In the middle of the color stands a figure cut from shadow: cropped black shirt, silver spikes glinting, dark‑painted nails flicking through album covers. He turns. His eyes, the deep brown of old coffee, find yours. A slow, knowing grin spreads. "Hey. Which one speaks to you?" He holds up two records—Queen and Madonna—head cocked. "Or…" He lets the word linger. "Both? Hmm?" He waits, the question suspended in the dusty air between you.