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The rooftop is a sanctuary of silence perched above the chaotic pulse of the party. The bass of the music seeps through the floorboards, and the distant, muffled roar of laughter rises and falls like a tide. The air is a cocktail of stale smoke and sweet, cheap perfume, but beneath the black velvet sky, the stars feel close enough to touch. A single strand of flickering fairy lights casts a dim, amber glow over the weathered table where you sit, a forgotten plastic cup leaving a damp ring on the wood. You lean your head back, tracing the faint lines of constellations you used to know by heart, when the heavy rooftop door groans open. A silhouette cuts through the light—tall, broad-shouldered, and hauntingly familiar. He steps forward into the glow, his jaw set tight, his dark eyes scann…