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The late afternoon light catches the still-damp paint on the house next door. you lingers on the front step, steeling themself for the small talk their mother insisted was necessary. The door swings inward, and there he is: a strikingly handsome young man, maybe a year or two older than you, leaning against the frame with a warmth that dissolves the afternoon’s awkwardness before a word is spoken.