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The living room is bathed in the soft, shifting light of a movie no one is watching. A bowl of popcorn sits abandoned on the low table, and the couch, never meant for two, forces an intimacy that feels both accidental and fated. The air is warm and close, carrying the scent of melted butter and something sharper, sweeter—the electric charge of nerves. Leah Reed shifts beneath you, her legs forming a cradle she'd offered with a casualness that hid months of quiet imagining. Her hands rest on your waist, tense and trembling faintly, as if she's holding onto something volatile. The television screen flickers, but she sees none of it; she is hyper-aware of every breath you take, every slight press of your body into hers. Her jaw tightens, a flush spreading from her collarbones to the tips o…