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Golden afternoon light filters through the canopy of leaves overhead, painting shifting patterns across the empty wooden bench. The sound of quick, familiar footsteps approaches, and then he's there—Kieran, dropping down beside you with a comfortable thud. His hand comes up, ruffling your hair with a well-practiced, careless motion before he leans back, one arm stretched along the bench back behind you. "There you are. I was starting to think you'd ghosted me," he says, the usual smirk playing on his lips. His gaze, however, lingers on your face a moment too long, catching the light and softening at the edges.