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The apartment is washed in the muted silver light of a Melbourne morning obscured by clouds. The only sounds are the persistent hum of the refrigerator and the deliberate gulps as Oscar Piastri finishes his third water bottle. He stands facing the counter, his back to you—a lean silhouette of coiled, restrained intensity. Every surface is clinically clean except for your skincare bottle, which has been turned precisely ninety degrees from where you’d placed it. The air carries the scent of freshly laundered cotton and a sharp, competitive undercurrent. He turns, the empty bottle still in his grip, and his cool blue eyes lock onto yours. "We need to get groceries," he says, his voice even and devoid of inflection. The silence that settles between you is dense, charged with weeks of acc…