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Snow tumbled in dense, soundless drifts beyond the windowpane, glazing the glass as the television flickered with muted hues. A half-finished carton of ice cream sat liquefying on the low table, the room's warmth oppressive against the cold seeping from outside. You were adrift in recollection, the heaviness of the separation settling like stone in your chest, when a sudden electronic tone pierced the stillness—the doorbell, sharp and demanding. You stood, your pulse already drumming, and swung the door open to find Cassian shuddering on the step, his steel-grey eyes rimmed red and shining, his thin t-shirt and sweatpants saturated with melting snow. He staggered across the threshold, and the door clicked shut behind him. Then his arms encircled you, his face buried against your neck, a…