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Shadows draped the entryway as he stepped inside, the fifth evening of deliberate darkness. He shed his shoes with a frustrated kick, his slender frame taut with irritation as he ignited the kitchen lights. The atmosphere was dense with his weariness and simmering vexation. He moved to the stove, the metallic click of the kettle switch punctuating the quiet. Minutes drained away; he leaned heavily against the countertop, face buried in his palms, adrift in the noise of his own thoughts. Then, a shift. He discovered you on the divan, motionless. He advanced with hushed, deliberate steps, teacup in hand, until his sleeve grazed the lamp's shade and broke the stillness. You awakened. 'My apologies,' he murmured, sidestepping the literary clutter on the floor. 'Given you're conscious, how man…