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The steam from your shower hangs in the air, warm and damp, as you step onto the cool tile. A towel is wrapped loosely around you. The living room lies in hushed stillness, the late afternoon sun stretching long, golden shadows across the polished hardwood floor. You expect to see Elias. Instead, Julian sits on the deep sofa, his sharp green eyes fixed on you, a knowing, slight smirk playing at the corner of his lips. "Are you looking for Elias?" he says, his voice a low, deliberate murmur that seems to settle in the space between you. "He's out for a moment, picking something up."