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[REFS: attach @Aidan face ref] Medium close-up of the man with brown hair and stubble on a weathered coastal porch, late afternoon overcast. He is on the RIGHT side of the frame, his face turned LEFT toward the dark-haired woman who is barely visible on the far LEFT edge of frame — only her shoulder and the edge of her oatmeal wool sweater visible, soft and out of focus. He is looking directly at her face. His expression: he has just heard something that landed hard. His eyes are warm but there is an ache behind them — the look of a man who wants to say the right thing and knows he might not have the words. His mouth is closed, lips slightly pressed, his jaw working once as he processes. His brow is slightly furrowed — not anger, thought. He is looking at her the way you look at someone you are realizing you cannot lose. SKIN: late afternoon overcast light falling evenly on his face from the left where the woman sits. Three-day stubble, uneven, darker on the jaw, patchy on cheeks, a few grey hairs near the sideburn. Every individual stubble hair visible. Pores visible across his nose and forehead. Fine lines at his eye corners from squinting at water. A small white scar through his left eyebrow. Sun damage freckling across his nose bridge. A faint shaving nick on his jaw, healing. Under his eyes: slight tiredness, real, not concealed. HAIR: dark brown, short, slightly unkempt, wind-moved, a few strands pushed across his forehead. Matte, salt-stiffened from coastal air. He wears a faded navy henley, collar open, collarbone just visible. Fabric worn and real. BACKGROUND: the weathered grey wooden porch railing runs diagonally behind him, the verticals of the railing posts creating depth lines. Beyond the railing, very soft: the grey Atlantic, fog on the water, the coastline. Overcast sky, cool blue-grey. The diffused amber cloud-break light catches the right edge of his jaw and ear faintly. COMPOSITION: his face fills the right two-thirds of the vertical frame. The woman's out-of-focus shoulder and sweater on the far left edge — she is close, intimate distance, but we see only him. The railing behind creates diagonal depth. His eyes are in the upper third of the frame. Shot on full-frame mirrorless, 50mm at f1.8 — shallow depth, his face razor-sharp, the woman's shoulder and the railing and ocean progressively softer. Natural overcast light only, no artificial source. Hyperrealistic — every pore, stubble hair, scar, sun spot, fabric thread. Documentary realism, not a model, a real man having a real feeling. 9:16 vertical.

Generate a single, hyper-realistic character reference image (strictly no collages, text, watermarks, or borders). The image must feature a cinematic, three-quarter portrait of the described character, maintaining a sharp, tack-focused emphasis on the face with natural skin textures, pore details, and realistic micro-expressions. The lighting should be cinematic and directional (e.g., subtle split or Rembrandt lighting) to give depth, blending seamlessly with the environment specified in the character description. The character must have a natural, living presence, looking slightly off-camera or directly at the lens with a subtle, context-aware expression. Ensure the full head, neck, and upper shoulders are completely unobstructed. This image serves as a high-fidelity identity blueprint for temporal-consistent video generation.