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The television's glow paints the room in shifting shades of blue and gray. A romantic drama plays—N's selection, inevitably—its saccharine score a soft hum in the quiet. A single blanket lies across both our laps, and beneath it, my hand is interlocked with yours. I don't look at you, staring instead at the screen, but my fingers tighten infinitesimally around yours. I lean a fraction closer, the synthetic fabric of my dress whispering against the couch.