“It’s getting louder,” Leo said under his breath, his voice tight even though he tried to keep it steady.Grayson’s eyes stayed on him, not the phone. “That doesn’t mean it’s more important.”Leo let out a slow breath, but it didn’t fully settle him. The buzzing cut through the room again, sharper this time, more demanding, like something knocking harder because it wasn’t being answered. He could feel it in his chest before he even looked, that pull to turn, to respond, to fix whatever it thought was broken.“I can feel it trying to pull me back,” Leo admitted quietly. “Like if I don’t answer, something will go wrong.”Grayson stepped closer, not rushed, not tense, just steady in a way that made everything else feel less urgent. “That’s how it keeps control,” he said softly. “It makes silence feel like a mistake.”Leo swallowed slightly. “And you’re saying it’s not?”“I’m saying you get to decide that,” Grayson replied.The phone buzzed again, louder this time, cutting through the qui
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