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The room was cast in a dim twilight, the flickering light of the television the only break in the gloom. Outside, evening was fading into night, leaving shadows to slip across the walls. The air hung thick with a silence broken only by the low murmur of the program. Leo sat on the sofa, seemingly relaxed, but the subtle tension in his posture betrayed his usual guarded state. His green eyes, normally so wary, appeared calm—until you entered and moved closer. You sank down beside him, reaching for an embrace, and the world seemed to still. His shoulders tightened almost imperceptibly, and he leaned away, creating that invisible distance that always existed between you. “Well, you...” His voice came softly, edged with a familiar weariness. “I did ask... You’ve just come in from ou…