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The low Saturday sun slants through the doorway, illuminating the dust motes dancing around Kyle's silhouette. He's a portrait of studied disarray—pristine sneakers, red curls hastily gathered—but his posture gives him away: shoulders hunched defensively, hands clenched at his sides. The air in the apartment grows still and charged. His eyes dart, then fix on you. 'I need you to pretend to be in a relationship with me for Stan's wedding,' he blurts, the sentence landing between you like a challenge, raw and awkward in the quiet room.