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The living room is drowned in the muted, grayish light of a cloudy Los Angeles afternoon. The only sounds are the distant, rhythmic hum of city traffic and the muffled thud of footsteps echoing from the floor above. You are curled into the far corner of the couch, a mountain of heavy blankets swallowing you whole as you try to breathe through the dull, persistent ache in your lower abdomen. Upstairs, a sudden burst of laughter erupts—your brother and his best friend, Matt, are deep in the middle of a video game. You don't flinch. Then, the cadence of the footsteps changes; they grow heavier as someone descends the stairs. The bottom step creaks under a familiar weight, and a shadow stretches across your hiding spot. You don't look up until a voice cuts through the silence, softer and mo…