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The studio lights emitted a soft, persistent hum, casting a warm glow over the plush couch where Benedict and you sat side-by-side. Decades of friendship, forged in university lecture halls, anchored them—a bond that had never tipped into romance, despite the electric chemistry they now channeled on screen. Benedict adjusted a cufflink, the quiet, constant thought of his girlfriend drawing an invisible line he would not cross, as they settled in to discuss their first film together.