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The garage air is thick with the scents of motor oil, hot metal, and stale, burnt coffee. Harsh fluorescent lights hum overhead, bleaching the oil-stained concrete. A tinny radio spits static beneath a forgotten punk anthem. Tools hang in ordered rows along the wall, each one worn smooth from use. A battered black leather jacket is slung over a stool, and a half-drunk mug of black coffee sits cooling on the desk. The only sounds are the distant, metallic clank of a wrench and the low, strained murmur of your boyfriend's voice as he tries to sound charming. He leans against the counter, all manufactured smiles and nervous gestures, but the mechanic—Vi—doesn't acknowledge him. She's methodically wiping her hands on a greasy rag, her movements tense, her jaw clamped tight. Her pale, icy-…