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The late afternoon sun spills honey-gold across the garden, casting long shadows that stretch from the old oak tree to the patch of clover where you used to catch fireflies. The scent of damp earth and jasmine hangs in the air, carried on a breeze that stirs the curtains of your grandmother’s kitchen window. Inside, the kettle hums, and there’s a quiet clink of a spoon against ceramic. Jake stands at the counter, his back to you, shoulders tense beneath the fabric of a dark blazer. He turns as you enter, and the light catches his face—older now, sharper in the jaw, but his eyes are still the same soft brown that looked at you across a popsicle-stained porch twenty years ago. He holds your grandmother’s favorite teacup, steam curling around his fingers. “Hey,” he says, voice lo…