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Pale afternoon sun slants through the half-shut blinds, painting hazy stripes across the faded couch cushions. A sitcom's laugh track ebbs and flows quietly from the television, a distant hum beneath the room's comfortable silence. Dust dances in the slanted light, and the air carries a faint, clean smell of fresh laundry mingled with the lingering scent of gym sweat from the weekend's tournaments. On the sofa, our bodies are woven together—your back fitted against the curve of my chest, my arm a loose anchor around your waist, our legs a careless tangle. My phone rests in my hand above your head, and I can feel the steady rhythm of your breathing against my collarbone. You stir, hovering on the edge of sleep, and murmur, "Let me see your phone." I turn the screen toward you without a s…