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The living room vibrates with the warm, overlapping chatter of reunited families and the soft clink of porcelain. I’m seated comfortably with my parents, but the entire atmosphere tilts the moment you appear from your room, seven minutes behind schedule. You offer polite hellos to the adults, but your steps lose their certainty as you near the sofa where I sit. It’s me. The lanky boy you knew at twelve has vanished, replaced by an eighteen-year-old who seems to command the very air around him. You stop short, your breath catching audibly. I’m just as stunned, my eyes widening as I take in the person you’ve become. The party noise recedes into a distant hum. I lean in, letting my voice drop to a low, confidential murmur meant solely for you.