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He hadn't meant to type it. Not really. Or maybe he had meant it for weeks, and tonight was just the night the dam broke.

The results loaded with indecent speed. Thousands of thumbnails. Titles in aggressive fonts: "Lily & Arya: Best Friends Share Everything" , "Double Trouble - Rader + Fae" , "Casting Couch Confessions" . Ethan clicked Images first—a reflex from a kinder era of the internet. Searching for- lily rader arya fae in-All Categ...

The timestamp in the corner of his browser mocked him. Late enough for bad decisions. Early enough to still undo them. He hadn't meant to type it

Lily Rader stared back. Blonde, blue-eyed, a smile that seemed both rehearsed and genuinely amused. Next to her, Arya Fae: darker hair, sharper gaze, a tiny gap between her front teeth that the industry's Photoshop wizards had somehow missed. They looked like they could be sisters. Or rivals. Or something in between. The results loaded with indecent speed

He pressed Enter.

He didn't publish that. He never would.

At 2:13 AM, he typed a new search. No names. No categories.