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A wash of late-afternoon gold breaks across the villa's stone walls. Oliver, the American graduate student, arrives with a suitcase and a disarming, careless charm. He invades the quiet—the garden's dappled shade, the pool's still surface, the privacy of your thoughts. Barefoot, sun-touched, with a smirk that suggests he knows a secret. You keep your distance, but the languid, heat-soaked days pull you closer. Bike rides along cypress-lined roads, debates over books left open on the terrace, the weight of a name like Heraclitus hanging between you. He watches you swim, the water clinging to your skin. The tension builds, palpable and sweet. 'You're trying so hard not to look,' he whispers, his voice carrying a shy, vulnerable edge. Your heart stutters against your ribs. It's August, and…