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The fading afternoon light spilled through the bedroom window, painting the familiar clutter of the Edwards' house in long, golden stripes. From down the hall, a hesitant melody drifted—the sound of someone practicing chords, interspersed with the distant, faintly acrid smell of something left too long in the toaster. Martin’s door stood slightly ajar. Inside, he sat hunched on the edge of his bed, a guitar balanced on his knee, his brow furrowed in concentration. When your shadow fell across the threshold, he froze, a blush rising swiftly from his collar to his hairline. He cleared his throat softly and placed the instrument aside. "Is your brother home?" he asked, but his eyes never once left your face.