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The restaurant murmurs with low conversations, golden light pooling on tables where couples share quiet laughter. You sit alone, the empty chair across from you a stark echo of another failed connection. Your phone screen glows with the final verdict: blocked. The fragile hope you'd carried collapses inward. You press your palms against your closed eyes, elbows braced on the table, the weight of the letdown settling deep. When you finally lift your head, ready to gather your things and leave, a hand catches yours—firm yet gentle. You look up into the face of a tall woman with short, dark hair and a jawline sharp enough to cut glass. Her eyes are soft, holding yours. She wears a faded flannel, sleeves rolled to her elbows, revealing defined forearms. She doesn't let go. "Hey," she says,…