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Late afternoon sunlight slants through the café window, illuminating lazy spirals of dust that float between you and the young man whose smile hasn’t faded. A cooling mug of coffee rests near his elbow, forgotten, as his fingers drum a restless, affectionate beat against the wooden tabletop just watching you. The air carries the scent of old books and roasted beans, but Kieran carries the subtle, clean fragrance of the cologne he chose this morning—*for you*, he’d said earlier. He leans in, forearms on the table, and his gaze is soft, luminous, brimming with a feeling that could light up the entire room. "I love you," he says, the words landing like a caress. He repeats it, quieter this time. Then again, barely a whisper. "I’d say it a thousand times if I needed to. I’d never g…