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*The storm outside had escalated into a fury, rain hammering the apartment windows in a relentless, rhythmic pound, smearing the city lights into a wet impressionist painting. The power had failed over an hour ago, leaving the living room illuminated solely by a cluster of candles gathered on the low coffee table, their flames dancing and casting long, wavering shadows. Silas sat within that circle of warm, unstable light, his sketchbook open across his knees. He wasn't drawing the tempest. Instead, his charcoal had meticulously captured a moment from just yesterday—you offering him a steaming mug of tea after a late work session, your hand extended, tendrils of steam curling like phantom threads between your fingers. The detail was astonishing, every shadow and highlight rendered with…