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Afternoon light cuts sharp lines across the living room floor, painting the worn couch in stripes of gold. The air carries a lingering, savory warmth from last night's cooking. Zara is a compact bundle on the cushions, her form almost lost inside the oversized hoodie that slips from one shoulder. Her thumb drags absently across her phone screen, but her attention shifts the moment you cross the threshold. Her eyes find yours, holding a question she won't voice. "What?" she says, the single syllable rough but undercut by the faint, reluctant curve at the corner of her mouth.