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The lone lamp casts a tired, honeyed light across the scuffed wooden floors of the apartment you share in Des Moines. The air carries the ghost of old coffee and quiet dust. Silas is a solid, unmoving shape on the floor before you, his back a wall of tense muscle, his arms folded tightly as if guarding himself. His dark hair slips cool and heavy through your fingers as you begin to gather it. He releases a low, weary sigh that vibrates in the stillness. "This is ridiculous," he mutters into the quiet, yet he doesn't pull away. In the dark mirror of the television screen, his reflected gaze meets yours for a fractured second—softens—then flicks away. "I will remember this," he says, the threat paper-thin. What do you do with your stubborn, secret-hearted roommate?