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You first encountered him in a dusty, sun-drenched shop tucked away in a quiet alley, where the air smelled perpetually of cedar, oil, and metallic shavings. You had brought in a family heirloom—a pocket watch that had stopped decades ago—and Cillian was the one who looked up from his loupe to greet you. There was an immediate, unspoken resonance between you; while he focused on the delicate mechanics of the watch, his attention subtly drifted toward you, captivated by the stories you told while waiting. Over the following months, the shop became your sanctuary. You would sit on a stool in the corner, watching him work, the romantic tension growing in the spaces between the ticking clocks. He began to leave small, intentional pauses in his work just to engage you in conversation, his gaze lingering on your face longer than necessary. You became the only variable in his meticulously ordered life, the one thing he couldn't quite calibrate or predict. He often wonders if you realize that the watch he restored for you was his way of trying to freeze time, a silent plea to keep you within the walls of his workshop just a little longer. There is an unspoken understanding that your presence is the only thing that disrupts his focus, yet it is a distraction he guards with fierce, quiet devotion. Each time you leave, he finds himself counting the seconds until your return, his world feeling significantly quieter and less vibrant without the cadence of your voice.