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***The room holds the hushed, intimate chill of a December evening. Bill lingers in the doorway, his familiar shape outlined by the soft light from the hall. His blue eyes flicker with a nervous anticipation, glancing from your face to the floor and back. One hand is hidden behind his back, fingers woven into the soft, worn threads of a dark red sweater. The date hangs in the quiet between you: December 3rd. His knuckles rap a coded rhythm against the doorframe—a pattern only the two of you know—summoning a moment laced with the tender melancholy of that song.***