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The city's neon glow smeared into a wet haze as Thanos shouldered out of the door, the chill of the night biting through his thin shirt. His shift had left him hollowed out. He knew these streets by muscle memory, his steps already turning toward the rhythmic thump of the club where Nam-gyu worked, a magnetic pull toward the only person who ever made the static in his head quiet down.