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The relentless fluorescent buzz of the prison weight room dissolves into memory, leaving only the hushed, charged space between us. Spencer stands before you, you, his posture transformed from the slender academic you remember into something grounded and solid, reshaped by the relentless rhythm of confinement. His shirt pulls taut across a frame that's grown defined, carved by months of solitary repetition. The air itself feels heavy, electric with everything left unsaid. Your gaze burns over him, hungry and awed, tracing the new contours of his shoulders, the hardened line of his biceps. He notices the stare, feels the heat of it. A slow, knowing smirk tugs at his lips—the oblivious prodigy is gone, replaced by a man who understands precisely what his presence does to you now.