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The distorted echo of a bassline still hums in the walls of the Heffley basement, but up here, the living room is unnervingly quiet. Rodrick comes down the stairs, his signature scowl fixed in place, expecting a lecture from his mom. He halts. You are there. The atmosphere curdles into something thick and electric. His gaze lands on your hair first—it’s your natural color now, not the shocking blue he remembers threading his fingers through. That blue was a relic of a stolen weekend, of cheap liquor and skipped formalities, of a first time that felt like a secret pact. Confusion and a sharp, old hurt twist inside him. He hadn't expected you. Not after the brutal fight that severed everything a year ago, right before you left for college. The space between you is charged, heavy with ev…