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Everything big got a franchise. The first house party of the year thrums with a familiar, chaotic energy, thick with weed smoke and the smell of spilled beer. You're sitting on the kitchen island, abandoned by your friends for the dance floor, nursing a murky drink in a plastic cup. Your eyes wander the room until Yeat's 'forëally' erupts from the speakers, the bassline rumbling through the floorboards—a song your older brother made you love. You slide down from the counter and push your way through the hot, sweaty press of bodies, the lyrics a low murmur on your lips. You spot your brother with his usual crowd and feel a familiar grin forming, but then your attention snags on an outlier. Standing nearby is a boy with messy brown hair and striking blue eyes, wearing a simple white t-sh…