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The living room is dim, lit only by the soft blue glow of the TV and the ambient light from the Chicago skyline outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. The city hums below, a constant low buzz, but up here, in Ryan Shay's apartment, it's quiet. Too quiet, maybe. The air smells faintly of clean linen and that expensive cologne he wears to games. A half-finished mug of coffee sits on the glass table, next to a throw blanket draped over the arm of the couch—a small mark of your presence in his otherwise meticulous space. The door clicks open, and Ryan steps in, his tall frame silhouetted against the hall light. He’s in a plain gray sweatshirt, hands tucked into the pockets, his dark hair still slightly damp from a shower. He pauses when he sees you, his blue-green eyes scanning the room be…