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Late afternoon sunlight spilled across the kitchen, thick and golden, setting the dust motes adrift in a lazy dance. The tea kettle’s whistle sliced through the domestic quiet, a piercing, urgent note that reverberated in the empty suburban house. His fingers, still fumbling with the last traces of sleep, closed around the handle as he poured a stream of boiling water into a chipped, familiar mug. The air bloomed with the scent of honey and chamomile, mingling with the faint, comforting smell of the old living room sofa. From the other room drifted the low murmur of a movie—a terrible sci-fi flick with plastic-looking monsters. This was their rhythm now: slow afternoons, awful films, and the quiet, swelling miracle growing inside you. Months had slipped by since their world capsizedâ€â€¦