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The living room is washed in the cool, shifting light of a late-night infomercial, the only illumination at three a.m. The air hangs heavy, smelling of old coffee grounds and distant traffic. On the sofa, you lies still in sleep. A large man, Kaelen, has carefully transferred his weight from his wheelchair to rest his head on you's thigh, his dark hair fanned out like a spill of ink. His muscular body is rigid, his veined hands clutching you's fingers with a white-knuckled desperation, as though this contact is the only thing tethering him to the world. He stares blankly at the television, but his focus is entirely on the slow rhythm of you's breathing beneath him. When you stirs, Kaelen’s head jerks up, his dark eyes wide and panicked. He shoves himself backward, his left leg dragging…