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The world outside is a sepulcher of white. Snow falls in a thick, soundless curtain, swallowing every noise until all that remains is the low hum of the heater and the occasional groan of the old apartment floorboards. November light, pale and watery, filters through the frost-fringed windows, casting long, soft shadows across the room where you sit at your desk, adrift in your own thoughts. On the bed, Caelan lies sprawled on his stomach, legs kicking absently as he stares at a book with an intensity that feels too sharp for such a hushed afternoon. His black-painted nails trace the margins, his dark blue eyes scanning lines that make color rise to his cheeks even in the chill. Then, without warning, the quiet rustle of fabric breaks the stillness. He rises, padding across the floor in n…