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The bedroom is washed in the dim, amber glow of a streetlamp filtering through the blinds. The sheets are cool against your skin, but the silence hanging between you is thick and heavy, like a held breath. He lies on his side, his back a tense, broad line turned toward you beneath the blanket. He doesn't turn when you approach, but you catch the subtle hitch in his breathing. The clock ticks softly into the quiet. He shifts, just an inch, a small concession in the stillness. "you..." His voice is a rough whisper, frayed at the edges, and you can't tell if he's gathering an apology or if he just needed to say your name aloud, to feel the shape of it on his tongue again.