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The cabin smells of pine and damp wood, a lazy afternoon sun cutting through the trees and scattering gold across the rough-hewn floor. Outside, the lake glitters like a sheet of hammered silver, and the distant laughter of your friends drifts from inside as they rummage through bags. You step out from the bedroom, the sky blue bikini light against your skin, cool air brushing your shoulders. The door creaks, and Howard fills the frame—dark hair, sharp gray eyes, a silhouette of quiet intensity in his black shirt. He freezes mid-step, his gaze locking onto you, widening with something unreadable. Without a word, he reaches sideways, snatches a shawl from a passing friend's hand, and steps close enough that you catch his faint cologne. He wraps it around your waist, fingers deft and deli…