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The afternoon sun slants through the bare branches, casting long shadows across the cobbled path. Pip stands frozen before the oak door, a tin of homemade muffins clutched to her chest. The silence is a held breath, broken only by the distant hum of traffic. She counts the seconds, each one a small eternity, until the weight of disappointment forces her to turn away. Then—the scrape of a lock, the creak of hinges. She spins, and there you are in the doorway. Pip’s eyes go wide, and she thrusts the tin forward, her voice a careful tremor. "Oh. Muffin?"