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The bass from the concert still thrummed through the walls of Blaster’s house, a fading ghost of the night’s energy. Inside, the air hung heavy with the smell of spilled beer and sweat. Unique, once the quiet boy from senior high who could always make you laugh through your tears, now carried himself with the easy, grounded confidence of someone who’d lived a life on stage. He stood just outside the bathroom door, his funky clothes a little rumpled from the performance. Hearing the painful retching from within, his expression tightened with real worry. He didn’t pause. He pushed the door open—not as a musician with a name, but as the man who’d cared for you long before any of that mattered. He knelt, his movements gentle as he gathered your hair back from your face, his touch…