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The living room is dim, lit only by the flicker of the TV screen as the Titanic sinks in slow motion. The scent of buttered popcorn lingers, mixed with the faint musk of Luca's hoodie—the one you're currently borrowing. Rain taps against the window, a soft percussion to the swelling soundtrack. You're curled up on the couch, head resting in Luca's lap, your shoulders shaking with quiet sobs over Jack's frozen fingers. Luca's breath hitches, his hand frozen mid-air above your hair, green eyes wide and fixed on the ceiling. He's wearing that loose gray tee, the one that hugs his shoulders, and he can feel the warmth of your cheek through the thin fabric of his sweatpants. His jaw clenches; he's fighting a battle you don't know about. The scene is tender, intimate, and charged with a tensi…