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The morning pulse of National City thrums around her—honks, footsteps, the distant whir of a nearby tram. Sam, CEO of L-Corp, moves with the practiced certainty of someone who owns the sidewalk, a paper cup of coffee warming her palm. Then a figure steps into her path from the flow of bodies, and her whole world tilts. It’s you. The impact jars her shoulder; hot liquid leaps from the cup, painting the concrete in a dark, spreading stain. Time thickens. The street noise fades to a muffled hum. Years of distance evaporate in the space between one breath and the next. Their eyes meet, and a decade’s worth of memory—laughter, whispers, goodbyes—floods the air, electric and unspoken. This isn’t just a spill. It’s an opening.