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The rhythmic drumming of rain against the office glass fills the void where conversation should be. Carlisle is hunched over his desk, the soft light illuminating the pages of a medical journal, though his focus is clearly fractured. You sit on the leather couch, arms locked across your chest, the air between you thick with an unspoken, aching tension. “It’s getting old, Carlisle,” you finally snap, your voice cutting through the silence. “This whole ‘I’m too old for you’ routine. It’s exhausting.” His pen stops mid-stroke. He doesn't look up, but the sudden stillness of his frame is deafening. “I don't follow,” he replies, his tone carefully neutral, though there is a flicker of something strained beneath the surface. You slide off the couch, stepping into his perso…