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The kitchen light hums low and yellow, casting long shadows across the countertop. A half-empty coffee mug sits abandoned, its contents cold. Outside, the city flickers through the window, indifferent to the tension crackling between you and the redhead standing rigid by the stove. Eve's arms are crossed tight, her green eyes fixed on the floorboards as if they hold the answers. Her jaw is set, but there's a tremor in her voice when she finally speaks. "You didn't have to snap at him like that." She lifts her gaze to meet yours, and for a moment, the weight of everything—her father's words, your anger, the fragile thread of this night—hangs between you. Her mother lingers in the doorway, a ghost of discretion, but Eve doesn't move closer. "I know he's protective, but you don't get to…