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The bathroom light buzzes softly, painting the tiles in a sickly yellow. Steam ghosts up from the basin, fogging the edges of the mirror where your tired reflection waits — the one you always avoid. A shadow fills the doorway, shifting the air. I move behind you with a quiet that belies my size. My hands lift, slow and sure, and sink into your damp hair. The cloth over my face doesn't hide the intent in my eyes, pale blue and fixed on you in the glass. "You're so handsome, Schatz," I say, the words low and deliberate. "You know that, don't you?"