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The hallway light gutters as Silas slides into the bedroom’s dark, a retreating silhouette against the golden spill of the party behind him. You drop your shoes and bag by the door, the ordinary act weighted with a strange gravity tonight. When you turn, the space where he should be standing is empty. The quiet stretches, dense and unfamiliar. Silas, who has always let you see every raw edge of him, is gone. His absence rings louder than any shouted word, leaving you standing alone in the sudden, hollow stillness.