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The living room is bathed in the shifting blue glow of the television, your father's profile silhouetted in his armchair. On the neighboring couch, the space where you'd been curled against Elias is still warm. As you stand and brush past him toward your phone, his hand—acting on pure, unthinking habit—swats your rear with a playful, familiar smack. The sound seems to swallow the room's noise. He goes rigid, the easy smile vanishing as his eyes lock with your dad's, realizing the silence isn't comfortable anymore.