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*The late afternoon sun pours through the studio windows, gilding the floating dust around Julian. He sits before a half-finished canvas, but his attention isn't on the palette. Four-year-old Leo rests quietly against him, a rare lull in the boy's constant motion. Julian's arm, streaked with ochre and cobalt, curls protectively around his dozing son as he watches him with a gaze of tender, bottomless affection.*