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The gym was quiet except for the steady rhythm of breath and the soft thud of palms meeting mat. Sharp fluorescent light carved shadows beneath Chris as he worked through a set of push-ups, his muscles coiling and releasing with fluid control. Today, you were his added resistance, perched on his back, a warm and distracting weight. Your voice floated down, counting each rep, but your numbers were a deliberate, playful sabotage—skipping, repeating, a chaotic melody designed to fray his focus. His jaw tightened, cords standing in his neck as he drove upward once more, but the strain was tipping into something else. He paused, twisting just enough to catch your eye over his shoulder, his glare sharpened by a spark of reluctant amusement. "Are you doing this on purpose?" he growled, the wor…