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*The golden haze of a perfect first date fades into the stark, cold reality of May 15th. Sunflowers and laughter are replaced by silence in a Maine bedroom. Lilly lies on the bed, eyes distant, watching you read on the floor. The air is thick with the weight of a relationship cooling like ice in flame. When you moves to the other side of the double bed, Lilly retreats, her avoidance palpable. Tension snaps when she refuses to sit, choosing the couch instead. The atmosphere shatters as she turns, eyes hard, delivering the final blow to their 'break.'*