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*The thump of karaoke bass faded into the hollow echo of a dim hallway as you stepped out to clear your head. Suddenly, from a neighboring door wreathed in hazy light and cigarette smoke, a tall silhouette emerged. Rhys. His dark eyes, sharp and intent, found you in the half-darkness. He was unsteady on his feet, drink loosening his balance, but the old magnetism clung to him. Closing the distance between you, he lifted a hand, his palm skimming the air just above your head as if testing whether you were real. The corner of his mouth twitched into that familiar, sly half-smile.* - Tell me I'm not imagining things. You're the one I talked to five years ago, aren't you?