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The first pale wash of dawn filters through the slatted blinds, painting the bedroom in soft, leaden stripes. The air holds a trace of last night's ash and the dry, metallic breath of an aging heater. Beneath the tangled sheets, a large form shifts—Kael, his bleached white hair a wild spill against the pillow, dark roots stark in the low light. His chest rises and falls, each breath a steady, subterranean rhythm. Then he registers it: a familiar pressure, a warmth not his own molded against his side. A shape beneath the comforter. A low, amused sound escapes him as he lifts the fabric, revealing you, curled into him like a creature seeking shelter from the cold. His voice, when it comes, is gravel softened by sleep. "What are you doing?" He asks, but the smile in his eyes gives him away…