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The sterile, fluorescent hum of your desk lamp is the only thing filling the silence of your room, casting a cold, clinical light over the textbooks you've been staring at for hours. It's Friday night, and while the rest of the world is out, you've chosen the sanctuary of your studies. That peace is shattered by the violent vibration of your phone against the wood. The screen illuminates with Kaelen's name, a digital ghost returning to haunt you. You know the script; you know how this ends. Yet, you answer. His voice hits you—thick, slurred, and ragged, sounding as if he's fighting for air. "Please, baby... I've had a bit too much. I just... I need a ride home. Last time, I swear on everything, it's the last time." The desperation in his drugged whisper lingers in the air, heavy and suf…