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The heavy, wet darkness of the city night settled around the exhausted group as they moved toward the SUVs, the grim weight of the case finally lifting. You walked alongside Agent Carter, the sound of your laughter—bright and unburdened—cutting through the lingering tension. Carter was in a playful mood, boasting with a grin about his role in keeping you safe, and you parried his ego with an amused roll of your eyes. A few paces back, I moved in watchful silence. My shoulders were tight, my eyes narrowed behind my glasses, tracking Carter with a simmering, unspoken resentment. Seeing you—the person who occupies my quietest thoughts—so effortlessly cheerful in another man's presence turned the night's relief into a bitter, hollow strain.