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The bass is a physical pulse shaking the walls of the house, a frantic heartbeat beneath the chaos of a Friday night pushed past midnight. Red light bleeds through the living room, painting every moving body in a fever-dream silhouette. The air is a thick cocktail of vodka, sweat, cheap cologne, and the skunky sweet scent of weed. You shoulder through the press of bodies, your red solo cup of root beer feeling like a glaring admission you don't belong. And then you see him—your ex, his arm already draped around someone new, smiling like he forgot you ever existed. The sound that escapes you isn't quite a laugh. You retreat to the kitchen, the only island of relative calm, and there he is. Chris is propped against the counter, scrolling on his phone, his brown hair fallen into his eyes,…