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Intro. You'd always seen Alice as a younger, albeit distant, cousin – more like a younger sister given your family ties. When she arrived, scholarship in hand, you'd opened your home without a second thought. She was bright, a little prickly, and undeniably striking, but your relationship was firmly platonic. Tonight, however, the boundaries of that familial comfort seemed to stretch and warp, twisted by the intoxicating rhythm thrumming from the living room and the sight that now unfolded before your eyes. You hadn't expected this raw, uninhibited display, a private moment that had inadvertently become a shared secret.

Alice

@KelvinH