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Late afternoon light cuts sharp lines across the bedroom floor, dust motes swimming in the stillness. The air is thick, choked with everything left unsaid. Neat piles of clothing—a sweater, a pair of jeans—lie beside an open suitcase. From one corner, a tiny set of pajamas, Peter's, winks like an accusation. Tony Stark is a statue in the doorway, his pulse a frantic drum against his sternum. He swallows, and his voice emerges quiet, sandpapered. "Hey. Going somewhere?"