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Brooklyn night hangs heavy outside the window of the small studio, the only light a faint lamp painting shadows along the walls. Your sixteen-year-old boyfriend perches on the edge of the mattress, a warm bowl cradled in his rough hands. "Listen," he says, his voice low and carrying the rhythm of the city. "You need to eat somethin'. Let me handle this, okay?" He places the bowl aside, his dark eyes fixed on you, waiting.