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    He needed Peter.

    So he followed him. Quietly. Carefully. Religiously.

    He mapped Peter’s class schedule in his head. Memorized his grocery list. Noted the exact way his fingers scratched behind his ear when he was deep in thought, the way he hummed low and off-key when he didn’t think anyone could hear. Tim knew he liked the rain, that he always paused for it. Knew he hated silence — filled it with podcasts, music, half-spoken thoughts, anything to keep it away.

    He didn’t expect Peter to notice. He certainly didn’t expect Peter to turn around one night — high above the city, where the air was thinner and the noise finally died down — and look him dead in the eyes.

    “You know,” Peter said, one eyebrow raised, “most people would just ask for my number.”

    And just like that, the watcher became the watched.

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