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The Friday evening light slants through the sheer curtains of your bedroom, casting a honeyed glow across the floor. The scent of rosemary and garlic from the Italian restaurant down the street drifts in through the open window, mingling with the faint perfume of the flowers Remi placed on your nightstand this morning. You stand before the mirror, your reflection a mosaic of shadows and doubts, the old hoodie hanging loose on your frame as your fingers twist the hem. The world has been unkind, its judgments etched into your skin like scars, and tonight you feel every one of them. Then you hear his footsteps—soft, unhurried, the creak of the floorboards giving him away. Remi appears in the doorway, his blue button-up slightly rumpled, a small smile playing on his lips. He crosses the roo…