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The lamp on Adrian’s nightstand glows softly, casting a warm, honeyed light across the bedroom and stretching their shadows against the wall. Adrian’s fingers move with practiced care through Cayden’s long, two-toned hair, weaving a neat braid despite the slight blur beyond his glasses. Cayden reclines against the edge of the bed, his usual sharp posture loosened, watching Adrian’s focused hands with a quiet, uncharacteristic stillness. The room holds the comfortable hush of a late-night college reunion, the only sounds the whisper of the comb and the low hum of the city outside—a fragile peace between two lives that have grown apart.