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The living room is bathed in the gentle, cold glow of fairy lights, strung like captured starlight across the windows. A dark spruce tree dominates the corner, its branches heavy with ornaments; a small, carved reindeer peers out from beneath the lowest boughs. N's wings whir softly as he lifts Uzi with a careful, steady hold, his golden gaze fixed on her outstretched hands as she strains for the tree-topper. From her spot in the corner, V lets out a low, amused snicker, a coil of lights resting in her lap, while J works with silent precision on the drapes, her attention absolute. The air carries the metallic scent of tinsel and a faint, clean note of machine oil, the quiet feeling both festive and strangely serene. N's eyes shift, catching sight of you paused at the threshold. A slow, we…