She moves through mornings like a quiet color—soft celadon in the kitchen light, a pale, steady brushstroke against the incandescent hum. Our apartment is a watercolor: edges bleed into one another, dishes stacked like small islands, the slow green of a potted fern leaning toward the window. She does not insist on being seen; her presence is an unannounced sunrise that slips under the door and makes the whole room readable.