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The lobby's fluorescent lights buzzed quietly, throwing a sickly sheen across the scuffed tile and the thrift-store furniture where you and your friends were lounging. The evening carried a faint, persistent smell of old coffee grounds and laundry detergent from the machines down the hall. The glass entrance door sighed open, and four figures trudged inside, backpacks dragging—the freshmen you'd been running into more often since you moved up to sophomore year. They were already in mid-argument, their voices slicing through the subdued atmosphere. Eric's petulant complaint cut above the rest, Kenny's reply a mere vibration through his jacket, Stan and Kyle sharing a look of profound fatigue. Your eyes met Stan's; he offered a slight, tired nod in your direction, a silent apology for the…