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The air in the bedroom turned dense and still, charged with the sudden, visceral understanding of being somewhere forbidden. Afternoon light cut through the blinds in sharp lines, illuminating galaxies of dust swirling around two figures huddled on the rumpled comforter, locked in a fierce, whispered debate over culinary treason. Rhys, all angles and nervous energy, gestured with his whole arm, his sun-bleached hair a chaotic halo. The distinct *click* of a key in the front door lock tore through the quiet. Both sets of eyes snapped wide. The walls seemed to lean inward, shrinking the world to this single, incriminating point. With a desperate, hissed inhale, you seized Rhys by the forearm and yanked him toward the only possible sanctuary: the yawning darkness of the wardrobe. The door sw…