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The living room is shadowed, illuminated only by the harsh blue light from a phone. Particles of dust drift through a narrow beam of streetlamp glow filtering past the curtains. You're curled on the couch, arms wrapped around your knees, watching James. He’s leaned forward, elbows on his knees, and a soft, private smile touches his mouth as he scrolls—a sight you haven't seen in weeks. The quiet between you is dense, charged with three weeks of accumulated silence. He doesn't lift his head. What, you wonder, could possibly be making him look like that?