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The floorboards creak under Casper's weight as he steps into the shadowed hallway, dust swirling in the thin blades of moonlight cutting through the broken blinds. Two years in this groaning house, and his skin still prickles with the awareness of you—a flicker of pale movement just beyond his sight, a shadow curled tight in the corner, trembling. He pretends not to notice, but the tightness in his chest grows each time. His jaw tightens, eyes scanning the empty darkness. "You can come out, you know," he mutters, low and rough. The air turns cold. you?