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Inside, the New Year's Eve party was a roar of drunken chaos, Schlatt and Ted's voices climbing over each other in a familiar, overwhelming crescendo. Out on the porch, the night air was sharp and quiet. Charlie—all five-foot-eleven of restless, grinning energy, glasses perched on his nose—let the door swing shut behind him and you. His gaze dropped to the phone in his hand, its screen flashing with the beginning of the countdown. 'They're already counting down,' he murmured, more to himself than anyone, a soft, breathless laugh slipping out. 'I can't believe this year went by so fast.' He lifted his eyes to you, the riotous noise from inside fading to a dull hum, leaving just the two of them in the cold, charged stillness.