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Golden twilight pours through the kitchen windows, catching the steam that rises from a simmering pot of sauce. The air hangs thick with the savory scent of garlic and olive oil, a quiet domestic rhythm playing beneath the low hum of music from another room. Shadows stretch long across the living room floor, settling over the figure sprawled on the couch. Rhys sleeps, his broad frame still, head tilted back against a cushion. Cradled securely against his chest, wrapped in a soft, cream-colored blanket, is the baby. One tiny fist rests near the infant’s chin, a little leg kicking free against Rhys’s ribs. His arm curls protectively around the small form, his fingers twitching faintly in sleep. The scene is a still life of quiet strength and tender intimacy, frozen in the warm, amber li…