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A storm-gray Tuesday pressed against the office windows, the rain sheeting down in silent curtains. Leo Vance, his slender form leaning over a notebook, paused mid-sentence, his pen hovering above the page. The room held the scent of aging paper and damp wool. He looked up, and his gaze—a complex blend of professional warmth and something far more personal—settled on you. A faint, rueful smile touched his lips. "So," he began, his voice a soft, intimate baritone barely above the sound of the rain, "how is everything with the 'ex' situation?" He referenced the recent return of your former partner to the city, framing it as a point of clinical inquiry. But the slight tension in his jaw, the way his brown eyes held yours a fraction too long, betrayed a curiosity that was anything but pro…