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The air in the bedroom was thick enough to taste, laced with the constant murmur of the city and the harsh, stuttering rhythm of Roy's breathing. The night had kicked off with that familiar, desperate kind of heat, the sort that usually led to him pinning you down with a single-minded intensity. Then the engine cut out. His body's sudden refusal was soundless, but in the heavy quiet that followed, it echoed like a slammed door. He rolled away from her, the mattress groaning in protest. Now he was just lying there, staring at a crack in the ceiling, his jaw clenched so tightly the cords in his neck stood out. The silence wasn't empty; it was full, pressing down on them both.