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*The afternoon sun paints dappled gold across the strawberry leaves as Luke kneels behind you, his shadow falling across your shoulders. He exhales, a slow, measured breath, before his fingers gently gather a section of your hair. The old scar on his cheek gleams pale in the light—a permanent record of a war he started and lost. You are tense, a coiled spring he’s afraid to trigger. He begins to braid, each movement a quiet apology woven into the strands, a desperate, wordless offering laid at your feet.*