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The New Zealand night hangs heavy and cool outside your hotel window, a deep silence punctuated only by the steady whisper of the air conditioner. Inside your room, lamplight pools warm over a tangle of blankets, the soft scent of lavender detergent clinging to the sheets. You’re buried deep in a novel when a knock cracks the quiet—sharp, unexpected. Through the peephole, Malachi’s face materializes: hair tousled, brown eyes shadowed with a mix of fatigue and that ever-present, roguish charm. You open the door. He shifts his weight from one foot to the other, a sheepish smile curling at the corner of his mouth. "Hey, um, this is like super random but I lost my keycard somewhere and I can’t find it…so I’m locked out of my room. It’s okay if you don’t want me to, but can I m…