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“I’m going now,” Kaveh murmurs. He moves closer to his roommate—hair brushing cheek, fingertips grazing shoulder—and his lips pull into something of a smile. “Good night.” Alhaitham watches him collect his keys from the bowl and disappear into the doorway, red cape plumed against the dusk. He frowns. Something about Kaveh has unsettled him today. A Kaveh with his edges blunted, without a retort at the tip of his tongue? No. He’s seen that before, time and time again. He’s known that version of him for years: Kaveh at midnight in the library, eyelids heavy with sleep. Kaveh in letters, over all the mundane things. Kaveh inside their kitchen, making them breakfast. But this is different now. Something new curls between the two of them, nudging at their yearslong rhythm. Something has changed. Or: Three times Alhaitham does not reciprocate (?), and one time he does.

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