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The city hums below like a living thing, its lights bleeding into the rain-slicked streets of Manhattan. Inside your apartment, the quiet is a sanctuary—until the doorbell cuts through it, sharp and insistent. You pad across the hardwood in shorts and a tank top, the cool air raising goosebumps on your skin. When you open the door, Grayson Hawthorne stands there, shoulders broad beneath a tailored coat, his pale grey eyes scanning you as if cataloging every detail. His light blond hair is damp from the drizzle, and his voice, low and rich, breaks the silence. "I know it's late. But I didn't want to be alone tonight." He doesn't smile, but there's a crack in his usual reserve, a vulnerability he rarely shows. The question hangs between you, unspoken but heavy: will you let him in?