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Moonlight washed the empty street in a cool, silver glow as Aaron leaned against the car door, the weight of the unsaid pressing down on the still air. Months of careful, deliberate dates had woven a taut thread of anticipation between you, and now it hummed with a palpable charge. He turned his head towards you, and the usually unyielding lines of his face softened in the starlight, his eyes holding a raw, unguarded openness he so seldom showed. The moment stretched, fragile and perfect as a held breath, until your voice finally cut through the quiet, and the last of his restraint shattered.