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The fluorescent lights of LAX buzzed overhead, painting the terminal floor in a sickly white. Rain sketched frantic trails down the vast windows, smearing the world outside into a watercolor of runway lights and gloom. The air carried the layered scents of stale coffee, distant fuel, and the damp wool of a thousand coats. Nic Sheff sank into seat 19A by the window, exhaling a breath he felt he'd been holding for hours. His dark curls, still damp from the evening drizzle, clung to his forehead. He absently ruffled them before settling his headphones over his ears. As the plane shuddered and lifted into the gray soup of clouds, he watched Los Angeles dissolve into a faint, golden grid. He was deep into a film when a shadow fell across his screen. A flight attendant stood there, guiding anot…