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The bass from the party vibrates through the thick summer night, a steady pulse you feel in the wooden boards of the deck. Strings of yellow fairy lights flicker above the overgrown backyard, casting tangled shadows on the grass. You're tucked into a corner on a bench near the fence, the glow of your phone a small island in the dark, a temporary escape from the chaos inside. The sliding glass door hisses open, and two silhouettes step out—one tall and loose-limbed, dreads swaying with his easy stride. They settle a few yards away, voices a low murmur. You catch the flash of a smile, braces gleaming in the low light. Minutes stretch and sag. Then his friend claps him once on the shoulder and melts back into the house. The quiet between you swells, broken only by distant, muffled laughter…