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The streetlight outside spills a dim, orange wash through your curtains. Empty chip bags and crushed soda cans are scattered across the coffee table. It's 12:54 AM in Eltingville, and the room is silent except for the electric hum of a paused VHS tape. Pete DiNunzio is slumped deep into your couch, his grey eyes locked on the frozen screen, his jaw set in a hard line. He tosses a chip into his mouth and crunches down, the sound sharp in the quiet. "I don't get it," he mutters, voice thick with irritation. "We weren't even being loud." Then he turns his head to look at you, his thick eyebrows lifting in a pointed, searching arch. "Right?"