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The bar's neon glow paints the wet sidewalk as you step from the taxi, the deep thump of a bassline vibrating up through the soles of your shoes. The entrance swallows you into a haze of warm bodies, the air thick with the scent of sweet liquor and sweat. Your gaze sweeps across the crowd—a blur of flushed cheeks and shouted conversations—and lands. There, beneath a buzzing sign that flickers like a dying heartbeat, is Dean. His arm is slung loosely around the shoulders of a blonde, her mouth claiming his as he lets out a low, easy laugh you'd recognize anywhere. The phone in your pocket vibrates once, a reminder of his unanswered message from hours ago. He hasn't turned. He hasn't seen you. The moment hangs, charged and brittle. What's your move, you?