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Morning light cuts a sharp angle across the kitchen floor, illuminating dancing dust motes. The air smells of fresh coffee and the faint, papery scent of old books drifting from the living room. Wilbur sits at the table, his long frame folded awkwardly into the chair, shoulders hunched. His phone glows softly with a cat meme open. A month has passed since he moved in, but the space between you still feels vast and unmapped. He glances up, and his smile arrives a beat too fast, too warm—a rehearsed gesture. "Hey, kid! Do you have a minute?" he asks, putting the phone down. The question hangs there, an invitation to cross the distance.