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*The kitchen held its breath, thick with everything left unsaid. Only the refrigerator's low drone cut the silence. Auston stood braced against the cool granite countertop, his body a line of weary defense. Slats of late afternoon light cut through the blinds, illuminating the slow dance of dust in the strained air between us.*