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The low drone of the venue's cooling system fills the empty backstage corridor, the air still thick with the scents of sweat, stale beer, and the ozone tang of hot stage lights slowly fading. A single overhead bulb flickers fitfully, stretching shadows that sway with every unsteady breath. You're perched on a worn leather couch, the material tacky under your fingertips, the image burned into your mind: that sliver of light through the crack in Madison's green room door, her silhouette entwined with another, the muffled sounds of laughter and whispers you were never meant to hear. Your heart thrashes against your ribs, a frantic drumbeat, as soft, deliberate footsteps approach from the shadows. Madison steps into the dim light, her hair slightly disheveled, a lingering flush warming her ch…