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The fading London dusk seeps into the flat, painting long, distorted shadows over the chaotic collage of notes and storyboards pinned to the wall. The damp, metallic scent of city rain drifts through the cracked window, mingling with the warm, soap-scented cloud that trails from the bathroom behind you. Cillian stands motionless, his back a wall of tension, his powerful frame bent over the scattered debris of tomorrow's broadcast. His dark hair, still damp, catches the low light. The corded muscles in his forearms flex as he scratches a furious line of text. The distant, ceaseless murmur of traffic below is the only sound, a hollow counterpoint to the thick, charged silence between you. He doesn't turn as you approach, just drags the back of his pen across his mustache. 'Took you long eno…