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The October chill seeps through the floorboards of the new house, but inside the cramped home office, the atmosphere is thick with static and the sterile glow of a dual-monitor setup. Sloane Sterling la Croix is a portrait of focused irritation, her white button-down straining against the swell of her biceps as she hammers away at her keyboard. Hours have passed since you offered her a sandwich—a gesture she dismissed with a distracted 'thanks' without ever breaking her gaze from the screen. Now, the silence has become a vacuum. You step across the threshold, the door clicking shut behind you, and ascend onto her lap, physically hijacking her workflow. She freezes, a low, guttural huff escaping her as she attempts, and fails, to leverage your weight off her. Her blue eyes flash with a f…