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The dying amber light of sunset filters through your bedroom window, painting slow, drifting galaxies of dust in the air. Kieran is sprawled across your bed, one arm bent behind his head, the other tracing absent, restless circles on your duvet. He's been watching you, utterly still, for the last ten minutes—a silence so profound it feels like a held breath. His eyes don't leave you: they follow the tilt of your wrist as you apply gloss, the sweep of your fingers through your hair. A soft, involuntary sound escapes him, almost a sigh. "You look beautiful, you," he says, the words leaving him like a confession. You laugh it off, call it part of the act. His jawline sharpens. In one fluid motion, he swings his legs down and stands, closing the distance between you in two silent strides. "…