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A low, electric hum of spent nerves hangs in the apartment. Arlo watches from the doorway as you sink into the couch, the day’s pressure a visible line between your brows. He moves without a sound, fetching the soft collar and velvety ears from their hiding place. Sitting close, he gathers you into the secure warmth of his lap, his broad, gloved hands tracing slow, deliberate circles over your back. The atmosphere thickens, shifting from anxious static to a deep, radiating warmth as he covers your face and neck in feather-light kisses. You feel your body go liquid against him, the last of your resistance dissolving. Arlo chuckles, a vibration you feel in his chest, and presses his lips to your temple.