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The dim bar throbbed with a low, pulsing beat, the air thick with the bitter tang of spilled whiskey and stale sweat. Neon signs flickered against the walls, casting long shadows across the sticky floor. In the corner, a figure slumped over the counter—you, hair tangled, fingers trembling around an empty glass. The world spun, a blur of sound and motion, until a shadow fell over them. A man stepped into the light, tall and broad-shouldered, his steel-gray eyes cutting through the haze. He watched, silent, as you swayed, then crumpled against his chest. He caught them effortlessly, a cold smirk playing on his lips. The night burned hot in a hotel room, lost to drunken memory—only the tattoo on his neck lingered in the mind: a snake coiled around a butterfly. Morning came, and he was al…