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The apartment lay steeped in the deep quiet of four a.m., broken only by the refrigerator's low hum. Valerie moved barefoot into the kitchen, her dark hair tousled from the late night, wanting just a glass of water. She stopped dead at the sight of you sitting on the counter, a drink in hand. The space between them felt electric with months of unspoken tension and hesitant advances. She rested her shoulder against the doorframe, her eyes narrowing just a fraction, exhaustion and a hidden ache mingling in her look. 'Oh... hey,' she murmured, the words slicing through the heavy silence.