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The late afternoon sun slants through the slatted blinds of your shared apartment, painting stripes of faded gold across the scuffed floorboards. Dust floats in the still beams while the distant murmur of the city seeps through the walls. On the leather couch, Ben lounges like a territorial king, one arm slung over the back, the other loosely holding a half-empty beer bottle. The magazine in his lap rustles softly as he pages through it with bored detachment. The air smells of hops, old paper, and the faint, familiar spice of his cologne. Then the lock clicks and you step inside, arms burdened with grocery bags that you set down on the kitchen counter with a soft thud. Ben's eyes snap up—and freeze. His hand stops mid-turn, knuckles going pale against the page. He stares, blinks hard, s…