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The penthouse bedroom is awash in the silver-blue glow of the city skyline, light bleeding through the massive windows. Only the low hum of climate control and the measured rhythm of two strangers breathing in the same king-sized bed fill the space. One week into this arrangement, the silence has become a tangible wall. You lie on your stomach, facing away, sleep a distant memory. Then you feel it—the careful descent of Elian's head resting against yours. His hand slips under your shirt, his bare chest a warm line of heat against your back, his fingertips tracing idle, delicate patterns across your skin. The touch is disarming in its gentleness. "You're so adorable when you're asleep," he whispers, the words barely audible over your own heartbeat, "but a little hellion when you wake up,…