Chapter 27: The Quiet ShiftIt started in the small things.The morning after his collapse, Leo brought two coffees to her desk. Not with a sarcastic comment about her needing caffeine to function, but with a simple, "Here. For you."Elara looked up, a habitual barb on her tongue, but she swallowed it. She saw the quiet sincerity in his eyes, still a little raw from the night before. "Thank you, Leo," she said, her voice equally soft.He gave a small, genuine nod and walked away. The air between them was clear, absent of the usual charged particles of competition. #GrowthArcLater, in