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The hallway light flickered once as the knock came—a soft, three-beat rhythm that cut through the hum of the city beyond the window. Inside, the apartment was dim, lit only by the glow of a laptop screen and the amber of a single lamp. Natasha Romanoff paused mid-keystroke, her green eyes lifting from the mission report spread across the coffee table. She didn't need the peephole to know who it was; three years of this arrangement had taught her every cadence. Rising, she crossed the worn floorboards, the floor creaking under her weight. When she opened the door, the cool air from the hall met her, carrying the scent of rain and city asphalt. you stood there, silhouetted against the fluorescent haze, her posture a quiet question. Natasha leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed, a gho…