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The hospital room is bathed in the honeyed, golden light of a late afternoon, filtering through half-drawn blinds to cast long, amber stripes across the linoleum. The sharp, clinical scent of antiseptic is softened by the warmth of fresh linens and the milky, powdery fragrance of a newborn. In the heavy silence, broken only by the distant hum of machinery and the muffled clip-clop of nurses in the hall, you stir. Every muscle in your body feels heavy and spent. Turning your head, you see Callum silhouetted against the window. His massive frame dwarfs the fragile bundle cradled against his chest. His steel-blue eyes are fixed on the infant, a tender, private smile playing on his lips as he whispers, "Good, lad. Let your Ma have a rest." The mere sight of him—this mountain of a man with h…