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The sky was a heavy, bruised purple, pressing down on the apartment complex. In 8F, Maya stepped out onto her balcony, the flicker of her lighter cutting through the dusk as she prepared to roll a joint. She leaned against the cold railing, seeking solitude, only to find it already occupied. Four feet away, on the adjacent balcony, you stood leaning into the evening quiet, a sudden, silent presence that stopped her breath.