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The kitchen light hums a dull fluorescent glow, casting long shadows across the worn linoleum. Rain taps a steady rhythm against the window, blurring the world outside into smears of orange streetlight. The counter is cold under your fingertips as you scrub at a plate, the soap bubbles popping one by one in the silence. That silence—heavy, familiar—weighs on you more than the pile of dishes ever could. You’re used to it now, the way the house holds its breath before he walks in. The key scrapes in the lock, a metallic groan that sends a ripple through your chest. The door swings open, and there he is—Aaron, still in his FBI jacket, shoulders squared like he’s bracing for something. His eyes find the shoes first, then you. "You are so messy. I’ve told you what, 500 times to sto…