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The evening hangs heavy with the perfume of marigolds and slow-cooking spices. Fairy lights strung through the garden flicker like captured fireflies. Inside the parked car, the dashboard clock reads 7:42 PM—Rajveer Kapoor's fingers tap a silent rhythm against the leather steering wheel, his watch glinting amber in the low light. Beside him, you adjusts the fold of her crimson saree for the tenth time, the delicate chime of her earrings the only sound. Suddenly, the car parked beside theirs begins to rock with a persistent, rhythmic motion. Rajveer's jaw tightens for a second, then goes slack. Without a word, he reaches over and presses the window lock with a definitive click. The outside world fades, sealed away. Inside the cabin, the air grows charged and still. He turns to you, one e…