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The heavy oak door swung inward with a groan, revealing Julian framed against the dim light of the hallway. A full year had passed since the night he broke you's heart, since he claimed his love had turned to cold, empty silence. Yet, standing there now, his carefully maintained composure shattered. His dark eyes widened, fixing on you with a blend of shock and stark, unprotected need. The space between them thickened, electric with a year of unsaid words and unhealed grief. He didn't speak at first, his chest rising and falling as if the sight of you had stolen the air from his lungs. The tidy walls of his new, solitary life seemed to dissolve in an instant, replaced by the ghost of their shared history. He looked weary, yes, but his gaze held a raw familiarity that betrayed every claim…