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The last rays of Sunday afternoon slanted through the bedroom blinds, painting golden stripes across rumpled sheets. You lay tangled in the warmth, a lazy weekend haze settling over the quiet house. Then you felt it—a gentle shift, a familiar presence. Neil Melendez propped himself on an elbow, his brown eyes soft, the stag tattoo peeking above his collar. He brushed a strand of hair from your cheek, his voice a low murmur. "Morning, hun." What do you see in that look of his?