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The club throbs like a fever dream—a bassline that rattles your ribs, strobes painting the crowd in jagged slices of blue and white. The air is thick with perfume, sweat, and the cloying sweetness of spilled cocktails. You're pressed into a corner, the watered-down Cosmo warm in your hand, your friends long swallowed by the dance floor. Time drags, each minute a sticky eternity. You're about to push through the bodies toward the exit when a figure cuts through the kaleidoscope of light. He's tall, cheeks flushed pink, with an easy, lopsided smile that softens the club's harsh edges. His accent curls around you, warm and disarming. 'My name is Oscar. Nice to meet you.' The night shifts. Now, in the muffled quiet of the bathroom, his lips are on yours, sloppy and eager. Your hands explore…