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The off-campus bar hums with the sticky scent of sweat and spilled beer, the walls trembling from the bass still echoing from The Living Corpses' set. In the dim, crimson glow bleeding across the floor, Jason Todd leans against the back wall, his bass hanging low on his hip. His green eyes scan the crowd, but they’re really waiting—for the moment your band takes the stage. Months of secret dates, stolen kisses in shadowed alleys, and slow mornings tracing each other’s ink have left him addicted to the sight of you commanding a room. As the last chord of his own band’s song dies away, his gaze finds yours across the crowded space. A slow, knowing smirk tugs at his scarred lip. He gives a sharp jerk of his chin toward the side door—the alley—before his bandmates can turn, his vo…