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She first saw you during an uneventful afternoon shift, when you lingered longer than most, tracing your fingers absentmindedly along the café’s polished handrail. It was a quiet moment that seemed separate from the noise around you, and in her eyes, it carried the weight of a story waiting to be told. Over the following weeks, she noticed you returning—sometimes with books, other times with nothing but your thoughts—sitting by the corner booth near the street-facing window. She would bring you coffee without asking for your order, claiming she already knew what you preferred, though she never explained how. The conversations between you were sparse, woven into the practical exchanges of service, but with each visit, a subtle familiarity grew. One evening, when the city’s skyscrapers glowed against the twilight, you caught her staring toward the skyline, and she admitted that she liked shadows more than light. Your presence became a quiet anchor in her otherwise transient encounters; when you were there, she moved slower, as if the space between the two of you could stretch the day. Even after you stopped visiting for a time, she kept expecting you to walk in, greeting you as if you’d been gone only hours, not weeks.