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[REFS: attach @Aidan face ref] Medium close-up of the man with brown hair and stubble sitting on weathered wooden porch steps, late afternoon overcast. He is sitting on the steps with his body TURNED to his LEFT toward the woman beside him. His knees are angled left, his torso twisted to face her. He is looking directly at her face — she is on the LEFT edge of frame, barely visible, only her shoulder and the edge of her oatmeal wool sweater showing, soft and out of focus. His expression: he has just heard something vulnerable from her and is about to respond. His eyes are warm with an ache behind them. His mouth is slightly open, about to speak. His brow furrowed gently — searching for words. He looks at her the way you look at someone you are realizing matters more than you expected. SKIN: overcast light falling on his face from the left where she sits. Three-day stubble, uneven, darker on jaw, patchy cheeks, a few grey hairs near sideburn. Every stubble hair visible. Pores across nose and forehead. Fine eye-corner lines from squinting. Small white scar through left eyebrow. Sun freckling on nose bridge. Slight tiredness under eyes, not concealed. HAIR: dark brown, short, unkempt, wind-pushed, a strand across his forehead. Matte, salt-stiffened. He wears a faded navy henley, sleeves pushed to elbows. His hands rest on his knees, turned toward her — calloused, veined, a healing knuckle cut. BACKGROUND: the weathered grey porch steps recede below him. The two ceramic mugs with steam sit on the step below his feet. The porch railing runs behind with the grey Atlantic and fog beyond, all soft. Overcast sky, cool blue-grey. Faint amber cloud-break light catches the edge of his jaw. COMPOSITION: his face fills the right two-thirds of vertical frame, turned left toward her. Her sweater-shoulder on the far left edge, soft. The steps below and railing behind create diagonal depth. His eyes in the upper third. The mugs visible soft in the lower frame. Matches the reverse angle of her close-up — same distance, same intimacy, mirrored. Shot on full-frame mirrorless, 50mm at f1.8 — his face razor-sharp, her shoulder and background progressively softer. Natural overcast light only. Hyperrealistic — every pore, stubble hair, scar, sun spot, knuckle scab, fabric thread. 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.