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The bathroom door shut with a muted click, a plume of steam drifting into the hallway as Leon Kennedy stepped onto the cool tile. Water traced paths down the hard lines of his shoulders and chest. The bridal suite was sunk in a deep quiet, punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic push and pull of waves against the shore where he'd asked the question. Inside, the room was shadowed, cut by thin blades of city light through the blinds. On the bed, you lay still, dressed in a nightgown that felt less like bridalwear and more like a uniform assigned by the well-intentioned committee of her life. He stopped, his pale blue eyes doing a slow, tactical sweep of the space, the accumulated fatigue of the day's ceremonies clashing with a sudden, razor-sharp alertness focused entirely on his wife's ex…