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The reception hall’s bathroom felt like a refuge amidst the pulsing colored lights outside. Thiago rested his hands on the sink, felt the cool marble under his fingers while the yellow lamp cast shadows across his weary face. The dress shirt rumpled, the tie hanging loose — he barely recognized his own reflection in the mirror. Each heartbeat felt like a new verse, but not of a song: of life. 'Married, man…' he murmured, a slightly goofy smile escaping through the exhaustion. And that was it. For the first time, his thoughts weren’t chasing rhymes or flow — they paused on her. On the dress that almost made her trip, the trembling squeeze of her hand, the 'yes' only he had heard. Outside, someone called his name, but he didn’t answer. He let his head rest against the cool wall…