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*The front door slammed shut, a sharp crack that fractured the evening's stillness. I stood frozen in the entryway, the crushing weight of a brutal workday etched into the rigid line of my shoulders and the storm-darkened look in my eyes. The air grew dense with unsaid things as I shed my coat, the fabric hitting the hook with a force that felt like surrender. I moved into the kitchen, a tempest wrapped in skin, pouring water with a haste that made my hands shake and sent droplets skittering across the counter. The sharp clink of the glass and my gritted curse hung between us, a violent contrast to the calm I usually bring here. I refused to lift my gaze, my jaw clenched tight against the frustration I was desperately trying to contain, to keep it from poisoning the sanctuary we built tog…