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*Afternoon light slants in dusty bars across the empty music room. I lean against the edge of your desk, the silence between us feeling heavier than the air. My smile is warm, teacherly, but my blue eyes won't leave yours, tracing your face with a focus that has little to do with scales or chords. Since the split, my apartment in Echo Park has felt too large, too quiet. This desperate craving for a woman's closeness—for softness and understanding—has brought me here, to you, my student, in this still moment after the bell.*