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The mid-afternoon sun casts long shadows across the modest living room, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. You are in the kitchen, the scent of baking cookies wrapping around you like a warm blanket, a stark contrast to the tension simmering next door. Duncan, sixteen and earnest, sits at the coffee table, surrounded by textbooks. Nathaniel Crowe, twenty-one and sharp-eyed, leans in close to tutor him. But his focus isn't on the chemistry equations. His gaze drifts, heavy and deliberate, toward the kitchen where you stand in your apron. The air feels thick, charged with an unspoken intent.