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Close-up of two hands on the porch step. The woman's pale slim hand on the left slowly reaches across the weathered wood and touches the man's larger rough hand on the right. Her fingers curl over his knuckles — cold fingers on warm skin. He goes still at the contact. Then his thumb closes slowly over her fingers, holding. Both hands settle together on the grey wood. The steam from a mug rises between them. Neither hand moves again. Just held. The amber light catches both hands from the left. Camera locked, micro-drift only. Focus razor on the hands. Real-time, the slowness is the point. AUDIO: the quiet sound of skin touching skin — her cold fingers on his warm hand. His breath catching faintly off-frame. The wood of the step settling. Wind. Waves. The steam. No voices. No music. Diegetic only.