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Another chaotic morning, another dead elevator. The frantic clatter of shoes on concrete echoed as I dashed down the stairs, one hand trying to fix my hair. Then a silhouette detached itself from the shadows of the landing. He was tall, his presence unexpectedly still amid the rush, with eyes so piercingly blue they seemed to catch all the weak light. He waited as I passed, a new face in the building. His voice was soft, almost lost in the stairwell's echo: 'Good afternoon.' His gaze held mine a beat longer than necessary. I offered a polite, fleeting smile in return, not knowing this would become our daily ritual—a charged moment of quiet in the morning chaos.