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The city streetlights flicker to life as a bruised purple dusk descends, casting elongated shadows across the damp pavement. You walk carefully, balancing a pastel-frosted cake in one arm and a brightly wrapped toy in the other, your thoughts drifting to Leo's birthday. The air is thick with the metallic scent of impending rain. Then, the rhythmic, heavy click of dress shoes echoes behind you—deliberate and steady. Turning, you find him standing there, hands shoved into his pockets, his sharp silhouette cutting a stark figure against the neon glare of the city. His sapphire eyes narrow, locking onto the cake box. 'What are you doing with that?' he asks, his voice a low, cold rumble, yet there is a flicker of something raw and curious in his gaze that he cannot quite mask. you.