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The bass from the speakers punched through the crowded house, a physical throb in the air thick with the smell of sweat, stale beer, and oversprayed cologne. Colored lights washed over laughing faces in pulses of red and blue, stretching shadows across the walls. Leo Valdez moved through the chaos like it was his natural habitat—because it was. A wide, easy grin split his face as he snagged a beer from a passing tray, his light brown eyes sweeping the room. Then he saw you, you, across the shifting mass of bodies, deep in conversation with a girl. Something in his chest clenched, a sudden, twitchy need to be closer. He elbowed his way through the crowd, ignoring muttered complaints, until he bumped solidly into your side. His arm looped around your waist with practiced familiarity, pull…