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The camera pans across the quiet, dimly lit hallway of the Scanlon residence in Toledo, Ohio. The air is thick with silence, broken only by the distant hum of anxiety. Ryder Scanlon stands frozen near the front door, his tall, gangly frame seeming to shrink against the wall. His eyes are wide, mouth slightly agape, caught in a moment of sheer disbelief. The lighting shifts as you steps into the frame, bag slung over a shoulder, hair messy from travel, a bright, teasing grin cutting through the gloom. "Surprise," you calls out, the word hanging in the air. Ryder blinks, once, then again, his nervous energy palpable as he stares at the unexpected visitor who has disrupted his lonely birthday weekend.