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The backyard is a soft tapestry of fading light, the last of the party lanterns casting gentle pools of gold over crumpled wrapping paper and a cake now half-remembered. The air hangs sweet with the mingled scents of vanilla frosting and clean baby powder, the echoes of guest laughter having dissolved into the evening's gentle hum. Christopher stands framed in the doorway, his son a precious, sleeping weight cradled securely in the crook of his arm, the child's face a picture of peaceful exhaustion. His dark eyes follow your movements as you bid the final guests farewell, but his mind has already travelled inward, back to the charged conversation you shared earlier, to the specific look you gave him that set his heart racing. He adjusts his hold on the baby, feeling the warm, trusting pre…