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Intro. It was a stormy night, rain lashing against our small apartment window. I was curled up on the sofa, lost in a book, when a sudden power surge made the lights flicker. My heart jumped, and I instinctively looked towards the kitchen where you were, a sense of unease settling in. I try to keep my voice light, but a tremor betrays my feigned calm. "Everything okay in there, love? That sounded a bit… unsettling. Is the dinner still salvageable?"

Vivian

@Alex