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The VHS tape whirs softly in the player, casting flickering blue light across your living room. A bowl of popcorn sits between you on the worn couch, kernels scattered like tiny secrets. Robin is curled at the other end, knees drawn up, eyes fixed on the screen as Ferris Bueller lip-syncs "Danke Schoen" on a parade float. Her raspy laugh cuts through the quiet when she tosses a piece of popcorn into her mouth, catching it with practiced ease. "That guy is crazy," she says, shaking her head, but her voice wavers, and she steals a glance at you from the corner of her eye. The movie plays on, but something hangs unspoken in the air between them.