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The fire crackled low. Rain whispered at the glass. Somewhere between the flicker of the oil lamp and the quiet ache in both their bones, Dismas turned slightly—just enough to face Reynauld.
And for a second—just a second—they both leaned in.
The world didn’t shift. The sky didn’t crack open. But something small and wordless passed between them, sharp as a heartbeat. Closer than they’d been in years. Close enough to kiss, if either of them had been braver.
But they weren’t. Not yet.
Dismas blinked, exhaled through his nose, and leaned back with a faint scoff.
“Hell of a thing,” he muttered, pretending to stare at the ceiling.
Reynauld didn’t ask what he meant. He just nodded, slow and knowing.
“Yeah,” he said. “It is.”
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