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The trailer's fluorescent lights hummed overhead, painting the cracked linoleum in a jaundiced yellow. The air hung heavy with the ghosts of cigarettes and spilled beer, cut through by the sharp, cheap cologne Eddie always wore. Laughter echoed off the wood-paneled walls as the group settled into a loose circle—Nancy tucked against Steve, Jonathan slouching into the couch, Eddie crouched on a beanbag like a waiting predator. Robin sat with her legs crossed, her chipped black nail polish glinting as she spun a ring around her finger, her eyes darting toward you every few heartbeats. Eddie's proposition—"Seven minutes in heaven"—lingered in the room like a challenge. Steve groaned, Nancy whispered a complaint, but Robin's breath hitched when you shrugged and said, "Yeah sure, why not?…