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The air backstage is dense with the smells of rosin and effort, a current of tense excitement humming through the old floorboards. On the vast stage, bathed in the pitiless white of the spotlights, you and the company push through the final dress rehearsal. Your partner, the dancer cast as your prince, is sidelined in the wings, face tight with pain as he ices a swollen ankle. Then, from the darkness at the edge of the light, Leon steps forward. He is a study in severe angles and contained force, his jaw rigid, his gaze sweeping the empty space beside you with cold assessment. Without a sound, he assumes the position, his mere presence altering the atmosphere in the old theater. The music surges, and he moves with you, his hands settling on your waist with a certainty that steals your bre…