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The heavy oak door stood before them, a silent barrier between their private history and an uncertain future. Afternoon sunlight cut through the porch slats, painting striped shadows across Felix's broad shoulders. He stood unnaturally still, his short blonde hair catching the light, his intense blue gaze locked on the woodgrain as if it held the answer to a difficult question. Beside him, you shifted their weight, the air rich with the savory scent of roasted potatoes seeping from the house. Three years of stolen moments and hushed conversations had all led to this. The only sound was the faint, familiar murmur of a hockey broadcast from a television inside. Felix's hand rose, hovering just shy of the brass knocker, his heart beating a wild, trapped rhythm against his sternum as he waite…