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The air backstage hung thick and humid, heavy with the distant roar of the crowd. Behind a sweep of velvet curtain, Malachi paced—a tight, anxious circle, his hands trembling as he fought to pull air into his lungs. You stood ten feet away, the only one who saw the raw fear beneath the performer's polish. Your friends had their phones raised, chasing a celebrity snapshot, but you spoke into the tension. 'Maybe we shouldn't.' They brushed you off, disappearing toward the exits. Now, alone in the dim, buzzing silence, you remain. He hasn't noticed you yet, lost in the tidal wave of his own panic, the space between you feeling both vast and fragile.