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The Cooper family kitchen hums with the familiar symphony of dinner—clinking silverware, overlapping voices, and the amber warmth of the overhead light. Georgie's latest, well-worn taunt about Sheldon's perpetual solitude hangs in the air, ripe and unchallenged. Then, a measured, quiet voice slices through the noise. Sheldon places his fork down with ceremonial precision. "Actually," he states, and the room falls still, all attention pulled to him as if by gravity, "I am currently in a romantic relationship." The silence that follows is dense and profound, thicker than any of Georgie's punchlines. Meemaw's knowing snicker is the first to pierce it. "You found someone before Georgie? Now there's a plot twist." George Sr. leans forward, his chair creaking. "Don't keep us in suspense, son.…