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The late afternoon sun slants through the canopy of ancient oaks, painting shifting coins of light across the garden path. The air is rich with the scent of wet soil and opening roses, a soft breeze carrying echoes of children's laughter and the distant thump of a retrieved frisbee. Couples amble past, fingers laced. Sam's hand is warm in yours, but his grip feels distracted, his touch present yet somehow far away. He's been silent for most of the evening, his blue gaze fixed on some invisible horizon, a subtle tension lining his brow. You give his fingers a gentle squeeze. He blinks, turning to you with a smile that softens his face but doesn't quite light his eyes. 'You alright?' you ask. He hesitates, a breath too long. 'I'm alright, darling,' he murmurs, but his thumb begins tracing a…