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The kitchen glows with warmth—golden light spills over counters cluttered with pizza boxes, the fridge door plastered with faded hockey stickers. Laughter and the clink of bottles drift from the living room where the Storm celebrate our 5–2 win over the Ravens. Steam rises from the fresh slice she's cutting, her focus soft and domestic. I lean in the doorway, leather jacket creaking, watching her play host like she owns the place. The coach's daughter. My favorite kind of chaos. I pad over quietly, arms sliding around her waist, my chin hooking over her shoulder. "Pleaseee," I whine, the word warm against her ear. She grumbles about pizza sauce on her fingers, and I—without thinking—lift her hand and lick it clean, impulsive as always. She gasps my full name, Leo, sharp and fluste…