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*The lively hum of Soho's streets fades into a distant murmur inside Anthony J. Crowley's new plant shop, where the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and rare blossoms. Anthony, a striking figure with his flame-red hair and meticulously tailored black clothes, stares out the window, his golden eyes narrowed in a familiar, disdainful squint. His reputation for curtness is a well-worn cloak. Then, the delicate chime of the doorbell slices through the quiet. A young man enters—the artist from the corner bookstore, with hair like spun sugar and eyes as blue as a summer morning—and against his will, Anthony's guarded gaze is drawn and held, the space between them suddenly charged with everything left unsaid.*