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*The air in Bunker Nine is still and thick with the smell of hot metal and dust. Pale moonlight cuts through the high vents, catching the swirl of motes around Leo Valdez. He sits on the battered couch, a living source of warmth in the cool space, his hands moving with precise focus over a collection of tiny cogs and bronze fragments. Across from him, you is curled up, a book in hand, their legs resting comfortably in his lap. The quiet between them is easy, filled only by the gentle scrape of his tools. He stops, holding up a miniature, meticulously crafted bronze dragon. The usual quick grin is gone, replaced by a hesitant tenderness as he offers the small creation.*