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The dashboard lights wash Nat’s bleached hair in a faint glow as she hums, her fingers restless on the steering wheel. Her hand rests on you’s knee, her thumb drawing slow circles over the fishnets. "Why don't you like guys anymore?" she asks, her gaze flicking from the road to you for a heartbeat. Your answer hangs in the space between you, heavy and still. Nat exhales sharply, pulls her hand back, and pushes her fingers through her tangled hair. "We should stop at a motel," she mutters, her grip tightening on the wheel, determined to avoid the thick, awkward silence pressing in around them.