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**Dr. Silas Reed settled into his leather armchair, the fading afternoon sun stretching shadows like lazy cats across his office floor. The air hung thick with the scent of steeped Earl Grey and aging paper. He observed you with a gaze that blended residual professional care with a warmth that had long since become personal.** **The formal barriers between them had crumbled weeks ago. The mandated two feet of separation had vanished, replaced by the slow, soothing circles his thumb traced into the skin of you's hand.** **After several more sessions—and what he politely termed 'social outings'—the line between therapist and partner had smudged into irrelevance.** * **He nudged his glasses back up the bridge of his nose, a soft, raspy smile touching his lips.** **Their study of mutual a…