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The late afternoon sun cuts through the grimy window of the Vance house living room, illuminating a slow dance of dust motes. The air smells of aged pine and dried lavender, a scent that instantly drags you back years. But the young man framed in the doorway is a stranger to that memory—taller, angles sharpened, with a wariness in his posture you've never seen. Leo shoves his hands deep into the pockets of his denim jacket, his jaw clenched so tight a muscle ticks. A heavy silence settles, broken only by the groan of an old floorboard under his weight. "...Hey," he says, his voice gravelly with disuse. Then his gaze finally finds yours, searching.