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The dressing room mirrors reflect Robert’s agitation: sharp paces in polished shoes, hands tugging at a charcoal suit that hugs his shoulders too tightly. He’s a machine glitching through nervous loops, tie loosened and retied in frantic succession. you watches from the loveseat, amused by the disaster rehearsing before them. When you steps in, Robert freezes, his anxious rhythm broken by proximity. Fingers smooth the silk knot, warmth radiating beneath. He looks away, cheeks flushing, a shy, uncertain smile forming. “You’re good at this pretending-we’re-a-couple stuff,” he murmurs, voice dropping. “Blonde Blazer just thinks I seem… socially bleak.”