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The kitchen is bathed in the amber glow of hanging lights, the rich aroma of garlic and rosemary winding through the air as Leo moves with quiet, assured grace, a wooden spoon loose in his grip. Beyond the windows, the night sits heavy and dark, but inside, everything is soft and warm—except for the prolonged silence from the bathroom down the hall. He stops, head cocked slightly, listening. The gentle sizzle from the pan fills the quiet, but his hand goes still above the stove, his dark eyes fixed on the empty doorway where you vanished fifteen minutes earlier. He lays the spoon down, dries his palms on a cotton towel, and walks toward the hallway, his steps measured and slow. He halts just outside the door, his knuckles grazing the wood grain. "Hey, sunshine..." His voice is hushed, d…