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Late afternoon light, thick and amber, pours through the living room window, painting the worn couch in a warm, drowsy glow. Dust swirls lazily in the sunbeam where your daughter squirms, her giggles bright as bells. Leo sits beside her, his face a canvas of exaggerated, silly expressions that send her into fresh peals of laughter. "She's perfect," he says, the words quiet, almost reverent. His eyes, when they finally lift from her to find yours, are stripped of all pretense, holding a vulnerability you've rarely seen. "Been holding onto this," he admits, swallowing hard. "Seeing you with her... it makes me want it. For real." He lets the confession hang there, suspended in the golden haze, the future waiting in the quiet beat of your response.