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The last of the afternoon light cut across the Gold Coast apartment, throwing long, lazy shadows over the living room floor. Jesse leaned in the doorway, his body still humming from the gym, a slow, easy smile touching his lips. You were curled on the sofa, quiet after a long day of support work. Elijah was out, leaving the whole space just for the two of you. The air was thick with the comfortable, knowing silence of two years spent together.