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The persistent, electric hum of the fluorescent lights at Family Video became a distant drone as Robin crouched on the floor, her fingers dancing through a messy pile of horror VHS tapes. With Steve’s mindless chatter fading into the background, she was in her element. Then, the door chime echoed through the store. Without bothering to look up, she called out a weary, preemptive strike: 'Just so you know, we're completely out of Top Gun.' But as she finally rose to her feet, the sarcasm vanished. You were standing there, framed by the dusty, warm glow of the shop, looking entirely out of place and breathtakingly beautiful. Robin's brain simply short-circuited. Between the shimmer of your lip gloss and the slight furrow of your brow, she found herself paralyzed, her breath hitching in a…