It was a slow-burn romance, built on the quiet intimacy of shared silence. There were no grand gestures, just the way Julian always brought her a double-shot espresso when the fog rolled in, and the way Clara saved every clipping about local architecture for him.

"You curate by fragility?" he asked, a small smile tugging at his mouth. "I’m Julian."

"Do you have anything on architectural history? Specifically the lost bridges of Florence?"

"Clara. And I curate by what I can’t bear to see fall apart."

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