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The midday sun cuts between glass and steel, throwing long shadows across the bustling sidewalk. The air carries the tang of exhaust and distant food carts as you navigate the flow of strangers. A sudden impact—you've walked straight into someone. You look up into familiar smoke-grey eyes, soft with shock. A small beauty mark rests beneath his left eye. Rhys. He's older now, taller, more defined, but the same gentle smile slowly spreads across his face, warm and disbelieving. "you..?" he breathes, the word soft, almost lost to the city's noise.