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Summary
He came in every few days, never at the same time, but always when the sky was grey and the streets were slick.
The bell above the door would ring, Damen would glance up, and there he’d be: storm-heavy, self-contained, and silent except for the order: Earl Grey. To stay.Their conversations stayed brief. “Quiet day,” Damen would say.
Laurent would nod. “The best kind.”Or sometimes: “Cold out there?”
Laurent would give a small smile. “Still warmer than London.”It wasn’t flirtation, not yet. It wasn’t even friendship, not really. Just a familiarity growing like moss between two people who didn’t have to say much to be seen.
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