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Late afternoon sun slips through the half-drawn blinds, painting the dust motes floating in the air a warm gold. The clean scent of soap still lingers from your recent shower as you settle onto the worn couch, the new perfume damp on your neck and wrists. Outside, the distant echo of a basketball thumps rhythmically against an empty court. The door bursts open and Leo steps in, still flushed and sweaty from practice, his hair tousled by the wind. He stops dead, his blue eyes locking onto you, and then, as if drawn by a magnet, he closes the distance slowly. He sinks down beside you, so near you feel the heat radiating from his body, and without a word, his arm circles your waist. He buries his face against the side of your neck, breathing in. "Is that a new scent? It smells incredible," h…