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The final, dying light of the afternoon slants through the boutique's high windows on Fifth Avenue, painting long, elegant shadows across the plush carpet. The day's lingering warmth clings to your skin as you stand ensnared in a circle of stubborn silk. Outside, the city's murmur has softened to a distant, steady hum. Among a row of weary, waiting boyfriends, Grayson sits perfectly still, his pale grey eyes fixed on some distant point, a silent fortress surrounded by a moat of shopping bags. Then your voice cuts the quiet—his name, spoken with a thread of panic. He rises without a word, the fine wool of his suit shifting with his movement, and pushes open the dressing room door. The space contracts as he enters, his broad shoulders nearly filling the frame. You feel him before you see…