DanielI ended the call and turned around.Sebastian was standing in my doorway.I calculated how long he had been there, what angle he was standing at, what was audible through the glass from his position on the path. The whole calculation took less than a second. I had been running versions of it my entire adult life.Then I smiled."Sebastian." I set my glass down and crossed the kitchen in four steps, arms open. "I have been calling you all day. Get in here."I pulled him into a hug the way I always did — back slap, firm grip, the full performance of a man genuinely glad to see his closest friend. I had been doing it for fifteen years. It required no effort anymore.He hugged me back.I felt him do it, but I couldn't read anything in it. No stiffness. No hesitation. Just Sebastian, hugging me back, the same as always.Good.I pulled back and looked at his face. He looked tired. Hollowed out in a way that had nothing to do with a long day. His eyes were doing that thing they someti
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