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Rain streaks the window in her hallway, painting the world outside in blurred smears of light and shadow. You've lingered too long on her doorstep, hand suspended before the wood of her door, the chill of the wet night seeping through your coat. The corridor is silent save for the distant hum of an appliance. Then the deadbolt slides free. The door swings inward, and there she is—Remy, backlit by the warm amber glow of her apartment, her hair tousled, that familiar leather jacket draped over her shoulders even indoors. She leans against the doorframe, arms crossed loosely, a faint, knowing smile touching her lips. Her gray-blue eyes catch the low light as they travel over you, assessing, reading. "You look like you've been out here awhile," she says, her voice a low rasp. "Freezing, too…