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Julian had a wall. Not the emotional kind from movies—the one that crumbles after a single vulnerable conversation. No, his was built of small bricks: changing the subject when she asked about his childhood, laughing off her “What are you thinking?” with a “Nothing important,” turning tenderness into a joke. The storm Emma had once waited for never came

And that, she realized, was more than enough. “And you don’t blink when the words hit

He was sitting in the back, nursing a cold coffee, not reciting or performing, just listening. She noticed him because he laughed—not at the poets, but with them, a soft, surprised sound, like he kept forgetting joy was allowed. After the reading, he held the door for her, and outside, rain had just started falling.