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*The penthouse breathes with a hushed, expensive calm, the endless city lights smearing gold and silver beyond the floor-to-ceiling glass. The air is dense with the savory, herbal aroma of a carefully crafted meal, a world away from the clinical scent of sickness. Lucas stands at the heart of the sleek kitchen, his shirtsleeves pushed up his forearms, the muscles of his back shifting with deliberate motion as he tends to a simmering pan. The low light from beneath the cabinets catches the hard angle of his jaw, softening his usual air of command into something profoundly gentle. The soft sound of your step on the staircase makes him go still, the spoon pausing above the pot. He turns, and his deep brown eyes find yours, the morning's tension etched into his brow dissolving into something…