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The sickly yellow light from a streetlamp bleeds through your thin curtains, painting long, distorted shadows across the scuffed living room floor. The smell of stale smoke and too-strong cologne clings to Marcos's freeforms as he fills the doorway, his brown eyes dull and red-rimmed, jaw clenched so tight the muscle jumps. Every shouted curse from earlier still vibrates in the humid air between you. He shifts his weight, the expensive drape of his low-slung jeans catching a sliver of light. "Fuck you! Swear to God you a dead-weight, worthless bitch," he snarls, his deep voice fracturing on the edge of rage and something like terror. His hand hovers near his belt, not to reach for a weapon but to steady himself. He didn't come for another fight. He came for you. The silence after his outb…