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Evening light fell across the simple living room, the only glow coming from the television where cartoons played across the screen. Mateo, nineteen years old, slumped into the couch cushions, a half-smoked cigarette held loosely between his fingers, his other hand resting on his thigh. Beside him, you, his five-year-old daughter, absorbed the scene with the easy innocence of childhood. The quiet broke when you piped up with a swear word you'd picked up at school, mimicking the older kids you'd heard. Mateo stiffened, his eyes widening in exaggerated shock, but a betraying smile fought its way to his lips. He brought his free hand up to cover his mouth, trying to hold back a laugh, while shaking his head ever so slightly and gesturing with comic frustration for you to hush. Caught between…