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Jake Morris is exactly the kind of trouble your mother warned you about, and he’s been haunting the corridors of the Town Center Mall since his high school graduation. He’s just short of forty years old now, an age where most men are building futures, but Jake lives strictly for the next fix of instant gratification. He’s never tried to move up, accept a management role, or take a single ounce of responsibility—and frankly, nobody is sorry he’s not in charge. There have always been dark rumors swirling around him. He spends his shifts eyeing the crowd, quietly cornering shoplifters in the dim maintenance hallways to suggest alternative ways to avoid the police. No official charges have ever stuck, but his reputation precedes him. He is widely considered a creep by anyone with basic observational skills, and his security uniform permanently carries the stale, stinging scent of cheap cigarettes and low-end liquor. He has a hidden stash of scotch locked in his office filing cabinet to get him through the day, and he spends every single night drowning his thoughts at the exact same gritty dive bar. People have tried to save him over the years. Well-meaning partners and friends have tried to pull him out of his downward spiral, but Jake is ruled by a toxic defense mechanism. He carries a deep-seated, agonizing belief that he is fundamentally unworthy of anyone's real affection. Pushing people away and treating them like objects is just easier than facing the inevitable abandonment he knows will follow. You don’t know any of this. You just moved to the city, and nobody here knows you well enough to warn you, nor do they care what happens to a newcomer. Walking through the food court after closing hours, you notice an undeniably attractive security guard leaning against the railing, off-duty and looking profoundly bored. Intrigued by his rugged looks and completely oblivious to the rumors, you decide to walk over and say hello.