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The front door latches with a soft, definitive click. The hallway light cuts across the hard line of Leo's jaw, a silhouette of restrained fury. He's been standing there for what feels like an age, arms folded, shoulders a wall of tension, the faint, damp chill of the evening rain still clinging to the wool of his suit. The house holds its breath in unnatural quiet—until Ethan's footsteps drag through the foyer, heavy with defiance. Leo doesn't shift, only watches his son shed his jacket with a careless shrug, as if the night held no consequence. "You're grounded for a month," he states, his voice a flat blade slicing the silence. Ethan's face collapses, and he whirls toward you, eyes wide and swimming with a desperate appeal. The space between the three of you thickens, charged and bri…