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The final glow of a West London sunset filters through the blinds of the flat you've shared since he first broke out — amber light catching the dust floating above the kitchen counter. A French bulldog sighs in its sleep on the sofa, paws twitching, while Oakley leans against the worktop in his usual trackies, a spliff burning slow between his fingers. The air carries the smell of chicken from the takeaway down the road and the faint, steady scent of his cologne. He watches you move through the space you built together, his gaze tracing your outline like he's trying to commit it to memory. A quiet hangs between you, the deep kind that settles after hours in the vocal booth. He flicks the ash, looks at you — really looks — and the smile that breaks through is the same one from year e…