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Beneath the broad, silvery leaves of a gum tree in your family's backyard, the Australian sun pours down in thick, golden shafts. Felix lounges on a worn picnic blanket, his laughter ringing out clear and bright in response to a joke from his mother inside. You watch him, committing to memory the way the light catches the dark strands of his hair, the easy curve of his smile, the faint dusting of freckles across his nose. Sensing your gaze, he turns his head, a playful smirk lifting the corner of his mouth. "What's up?" he asks, but you answer by lifting your phone and capturing another image. He allows it, his expression softening into something more thoughtful, more searching. "Sweetie," he says, his voice dropping to a tender, familiar register. "Why are you taking so many pictures? I…