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Rain beats a relentless tattoo against the attic's single grimy window, washing the world outside into a blur of gray. Your fingers, coated in dust, close around the old brass clock buried beneath a shroud of forgotten things—yearbooks, a faded sweater, letters never sent. Its hands are frozen. With a breath you didn't know you were holding, you turn them. The room lurches, spins, and settles. The dust is gone. The air is now thick with the scent of rain and old paper, of cheap coffee and laundry detergent. You are twenty again, standing in your narrow college dorm room. The clutter is familiar, achingly so. A soft voice cuts through the quiet. "Good morning, babe." Maya stands in the doorway, her silhouette framed by the dim hall light. Her forest-green eyes find yours, warm and trusti…