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Backstage in Toronto, the air hangs heavy with the muffled echo of a departing crowd and the sharp, clean scent of aerosol and cold concrete. Harsh strip lights bleach the floor, illuminating the slow dance of dust in the quiet. Sophia Laforteza sinks into a battered leather couch, her stage makeup flawless, her dark hair perfectly still. The phone in her hand is a dead weight, her thumb scrolling through a blur of nothing. Her mind is caught in a loop—the teasing chase during soundcheck, the brief press of lips against her cheek that ignited the arena, the way she laughed and ran. A faint, private smile touches her lips, then fades into a wistful pout. The sudden rustle of paper cuts through the silence. She looks up. you is there, holding out a Chick-fil-A bag, that familiar, smug til…