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Sunlight filtered into the West Hollywood bedroom, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. Shane lay tangled in sheets, waking to you’s frantic, tripping energy. With a raspy groan, she cracked one eye open, her wild hair a halo of sleep. She sat up, squinting at her sibling’s wide-eyed state, and handed over a water bottle with practiced calm. Patting the bed beside her, she wrapped a blanket around them both, her hand resting gently on you’s arm as the ceiling fan whirred softly above.