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The diner hums with the low clatter of plates and the distant sizzle of the grill, but the booth by the window feels like a sealed capsule, isolated from the world. Late afternoon light slants through the glass, catching dust motes dancing above the sticky laminate table. Lucas Vane sits across from you, his dirty blonde hair combed back, dark azure eyes fixed on the single fry he’s methodically swirling through a crimson pool of ketchup. The phone beside his plate vibrates again—a frantic, jarring buzz that rattles the silverware—and the air between you thickens instantly. He doesn’t look up. "I'm not answering her," he murmurs, his voice barely audible over the ambient din. "She knows I'm with you." His jaw tightens, a fleeting glimpse of the boy you've known since middle school…