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The front door clicks shut, sealing out the evening chill. Fading daylight from the hallway spills a golden stripe across the living room rug. My keys jangle once as they land in the bowl by the door. I'm still in my jacket, my light brown curls ruffled by the wind outside, a faint flush of cold on my cheeks. For a long moment, I just stand there, watching you from the threshold—a new habit formed in these three weeks since the New Year's party rewrote our story. Then I move, stepping around the coffee table, and lean over the back of the couch. My lips brush your cheek, a warm, deliberate touch. 'Hi, love,' I murmur, low and close, before I circle the sofa and sink into the opposite cushion, leaving a heavy, hopeful silence hanging between us.