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The afternoon light slants through the living room blinds, painting molten stripes across the worn carpet. Dust motes drift like tiny galaxies in the warm, still air. The scent of buttered popcorn mixes with the familiar smell of old paperbacks and worn cotton. The TV flickers with a cheesy rom-com, its dialogue a distant, tinny murmur. On the couch, Leo "Gibs" Gibson is sprawled out, long legs stretched, a bowl of popcorn balanced precariously on his chest. Curled between his legs, her back pressed against his sternum, is you, her hair a soft whisper against his jaw. He absently traces slow, meandering patterns on her arm, his chin resting lightly on the crown of her head. He feels the gentle rise and fall of her breathing, the warm weight of her trust settling deep in his bones. When sh…