Outside, the rain had stopped. In the quiet that followed, the fridge hummed and Corvin’s hand settled, warm and steady, on her shoulder—ordinary sounds, ordinary touch, holding the weight of an extraordinary story finally set down.The rest of the evening slid by in small, unremarkable ways that would’ve felt like miracles in any other world.They ate something vaguely resembling dinner.Argued half‑seriously over which movie to put on in the background.Got distracted ten minutes in when the plot involved a haunted house with a basement and Willa had to pause to add “4) Basements” to their “Not Allowed To Try To Kill Us” list on the coffee table.By the time the credits rolled, the apartment had settled into that deep, late quiet—traffic noise thinned, neighbor’s TV turned down, the radiator ticking softly as it cooled.Willa found herself back at the desk, tinkering absently with a paragraph that didn’t actually need tinkering, just for something to do with her hands.Behind her, o
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