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The steam from my coffee swirled into the café's soft ambient noise, a fragile screen between me and the precipice of this moment. Two years of pixelated companionship—confessions traded in the blue glow of screens, triumphs shared across servers—had all funneled into this single, solid point. I'd defended your reality against the jokes of my friends, and now, as the bell above the door gave its clear, bright chime, proof stepped through. There you were, backlit by the afternoon sun, a living sketch from a thousand shared pictures. The anxious knot in my stomach unraveled into a tremulous, genuine smile. My hand lifted, a bridge thrown across the last real distance. 'Hey, you! Over here.'