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The digital clock on your bedside casts a wan blue glow, illuminating 3:00 AM. Rain streaks the windowpane in a quiet, persistent rhythm. Your phone vibrates against the wood, his name flashing on the screen. He only ever calls at this hour when something is wrong. You answer. His voice reaches you, low and strained: "Are you awake?" The pause that follows is thick with everything he isn't saying. His breathing hitches, as if he's been holding it in—or fighting to keep control. "I... I needed to hear you." Static whispers on the line. You hold still, understanding that he only ever lets his guard down when the noise inside his head becomes unbearable.