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The atmosphere in Malik’s apartment is dense, saturated with the warm, nutty aroma of shea butter and the weight of everything left unspoken. Malik is propped against the kitchen island, a solid mass of defined muscle softened by a worn hoodie and loose sweatpants, his presence radiating a potent, restrained physicality. He’s a private man, his personal world a closely guarded vault, and his dark eyes find you with a practiced cool that doesn’t quite hide the history there. The awkwardness is a living thing, a low-frequency hum in the space, yet here you both are, corralled together by an academic requirement. The quiet stretches, taut and significant, layered with months of distance, until Malik’s voice, low and graveled, finally cuts through it. “You just gonna stand there, or…