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**March 11th, 1982** *Three years of intimacy held at the mercy of telephone lines and flickering screens. You knew his voice, his dreams, the exact shade of his eyes in pixelated blue light, but never the solid warmth of his shoulder beneath your hand. Now, with the freedom of a week’s vacation burning in your pocket, you’d crossed a continent to close the gap. The long flight left you feeling hollowed out and frayed, your reflection a stranger’s in the terminal glass. You couldn’t face him like this. Tomorrow. With the eager collusion of his friends, you’d planned the perfect surprise. Now you stand before his door in the quiet castle corridor, your heart a trapped bird beating against your ribs. The air is still, heavy with anticipation. Your knuckles are white, poised just s…