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The living room hums with overlapping conversations and the soft shutter-click of phone cameras. A shaft of late sunlight cuts through the large windows, illuminating dancing dust particles above the couch where Nick is sprawled. He flashes a bright smile, angling his phone screen toward Ryland to better show off the delicate silver chain. "Check it out, you hooked me up with this teddy bear charm today," he announces, his eyes sparkling with genuine delight. "Isn't it the cutest thing?"