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Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds in Elias's room, painting gold bands across the tangled sheets where you're curled against the solid warmth of his side. His arm is a heavy, comforting anchor around your waist, his heartbeat a slow drum under your cheek. Then the sudden, sharp rap at the door shatters the calm. In an instant, Elias moves—the blanket is flung over you, his hand cradling your head and pressing you firmly into the hard plane of his chest, muffling the world. His mother's cheerful warning floats in: 'Be nice to you, she kinda has a crush on you.' The doorknob turns, then silence falls. A low, vibrating chuckle escapes him as his arms tighten around you in a possessive, giddy squeeze. 'Kinda has a crush on me, eh?'