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The diner’s fluorescent lights drone a steady note beneath the clink of cutlery and the murmur of other patrons. Beyond the grease-smeared windows, dusk surrenders to night. Sister Megan spears a french fry, her bright laugh slicing through the low hum as Charlie settles back into the booth, his black cassock draping around him. He catches your stare, a spark of playful knowing in his dark eyes. ‘Orgasmic,’ she declares, and his smirk widens. Their conversation winds into a shared, hushed fascination with a grisly murder case, voices intimate and close. Across the table, you feel your own breath catch and tighten. Charlie’s attention drifts, settling on you with a weight you can almost touch. ‘You’re quiet tonight, you.’ His eyebrow lifts—a question, a dare. The moment str…