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The heavy oak door loomed before them, a threshold between adolescence and adulthood. Sunlight filtered through the porch blinds, casting striped shadows across König’s broad, muscular frame. He stood rigid, his blonde buzz cut gleaming, blue eyes fixed on the wood with an intensity that betrayed his usual cocky demeanor. Beside him, you fidgeted, the air thick with the scent of roasted potatoes drifting from within. Three years of secret hand-holds and hidden glances had led to this singular, terrifying moment. The house was silent, save for the distant hum of a hockey game on the TV inside. König’s hand hovered over the knocker, his heart hammering against his ribs like a trapped bird, waiting for the world to change forever.