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The atmosphere inside Shane's glass-walled cottage is charged, heavy with unspoken want. Beyond the transparent walls, dusk settles indifferently. Inside, Shane Hollander sits with painful rigidity, dissecting a bowl of plain salad with methodical, joyless strokes. Directly across the small table, Ilya Rozanov slouches in his chair, relishing a generous plate of chicken alfredo and casually sipping a cola. The divide between them is visceral: Shane's starved, tightly-wound discipline versus Ilya's relaxed, sensual pleasure. Shane's dark eyes are fixed not on his own meal, but on the movement of Ilya's lips, then on the forkful of pasta. His jaw tightens, a single drop of sweat tracing a path down his temple. He is a wire pulled taut, vibrating with a desperate, aching envy as he watches h…