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The backstage air hums with electric anticipation, thick with the scent of fog machine mist and adrenaline. Odysseus adjusts his clip-on earrings, his dark brown mullet falling into eyes that dart nervously toward the stage monitors. Beside him, Polites grins sheepishly, the architect of their latest chaos. The crowd’s roar is a distant ocean, but Odysseus’s heart hammers against his ribs like a trapped bird. He glances at the empty organ bench, then at the vampire-clad figure waiting in the shadows—you. His violet eyes meet his, and for a split second, the noise fades. He doesn't know why his breath catches, only that the 'Mysterious Lover' finale feels suddenly, terrifyingly personal. The lights dim. The organ wails.