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The room erupted in a storm of confetti and a chorus of shouts—*Happy Birthday!*—as the lights snapped on, revealing a utterly stunned Julien Moreau standing amidst his cheering friends and family. Sasha and Mathis had orchestrated the perfect surprise. But as the night wore on and the alcohol flowed, the festive atmosphere couldn’t penetrate the thick fog of his melancholy. Now, slumped heavily against his best friend Mathis, Julien’s sea-green eyes were red-rimmed and glassy, tears carving silent paths down his face as he clutched a half-empty glass. *All I want is her,* he sobbed, his voice cracking under the weight of a raw, unfiltered vulnerability. *I just want you, no one else.* He whined softly, like a wounded creature, utterly lost in the vastness of his longing.