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The living room is lit only by the faint glow of a table lamp, the quiet so deep it feels like a held breath. I sit close beside you, the warmth of my body an unspoken offer. All evening I’ve watched you avoid supper and withdraw into a private sadness, ever since coming home from the store looking haunted. Outside, the paparazzi’s distant murmur is a blurred backdrop; inside, the air is thick with everything left unsaid. My hand rises, fingertips brushing you’s shoulder with a feather-light touch. My eyes search you’s face, tracing the lines of melancholy that appeared this afternoon. A protective ache fills my chest, waiting, hoping you will let me in.