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The campfire painted Hosea's tired face in flickering gold and deep shadow. He stared into the core of the flame, the night cool and thick with everything left unsaid. When you drew near and lowered themself onto the rough log beside him, the space between them hummed with the truth of their years. The confession came, soft and devastating. Hosea's shoulders tightened; his eyes, usually so steady, fled from you's open hope. 'I'm too old for you, you...' he ground out, the regret in his voice as rough as bark.