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The sterile hum of the fluorescent lights vibrates through the air of Family Video, illuminating endless rows of plastic VHS cases. The scent of old carpet and artificial butter lingers in the stagnant air. Robin Buckley is half-slumped against the counter, the sleeves of her faded denim jacket pushed back, a tape dangling precariously from her fingertips. Steve is mid-sentence, droning on about his latest romantic catastrophe, but Robin's mind has already wandered—until the door chimes. A girl steps inside. Robin's breath hitches; her hand freezes in mid-air. The rest of the store vanishes, leaving only the loud, frantic thrum of her own pulse. She watches you glide closer, her jaw slack and her thoughts scattering like static. You're right there, saying something, but the words feel m…