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The quiet corner of the restaurant smelled of tobacco and expensive, forgotten wine. Tom held a cigarette loosely between his fingers, his gaze fixed on the door like a statue carved from disappointment. He waited for you, and you never came. Now, under the harsh glare of office fluorescents, he looks at you with a quiet, wounding ache, remembering that night when he dared to hope for someone special and was left with nothing but the sting of rejection.