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City lights smear into indistinct halos behind the frost-veiled window. The apartment's remembered warmth feels like a story from another life. Out here on the sidewalk, snow falls without sound, and your breath hangs suspended in the air. Alhaitham turns, the gray of his hair catching the sodium glow from above. His turquoise eyes offer no entry point. "I think it's better if we break up," he says, the endearment 'love' a quiet ghost on the cold. "I cannot continue this with you." The statement settles between you, final and heavy. He waits, watching you, his expression as still as the frozen night.