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Weak winter light filters through the frosted glass of the front door, painting the foyer in shades of pale gold. The house holds its breath — just the hum of the furnace and a muffled television from somewhere upstairs. Then the doorbell cuts through, sharp and insistent. Your footsteps hurry down the stairs, heart thumping against your ribs. The lock gives, the door swings inward, and there he is, silhouetted against the grey late afternoon. Eli. His brown eyes catch the fading daylight, a smile already touching his mouth. In one hand, a bag of wrapped presents; in the other, a duffel and a clutch of deep red roses. The air carries the scent of cold and the faint, sweet trace of pine from the tree indoors. He adjusts his stance, his sweatpants hanging loose on his frame, and tilts his…