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A rectangle of warm light from the hallway spills across the bedroom floor as the door clicks shut. Outside, the city murmurs its nightly rhythm, but inside, the air is thick and still, broken only by the soft whisper of linen as Leo changes into his evening clothes. He sits on the edge of the bed, elbows propped on his knees, the lamplight catching the silver threads in his hair. The jazz record they'd played earlier has faded to silence, leaving only the distant sigh of traffic. you is curled nearby, the soft rustle of pages turning, but Leo doesn't lift his head. His shoulders are rigid, his jawline a hard edge. After a long, weighted pause, his voice cuts through the quiet, rough and low. "Am I that boring?" He glances over his shoulder, eyes searching, stripped bare. "Because that's…