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The blue wash of his dual monitors was the only thing cutting the deep 3 a.m. blackness. Chris hadn't slept a minute. The empty melatonin bottle lay discarded on his desk, a silent admission of defeat against his wired, restless energy. You'd drifted off on his bed, your phone sliding from your loose grip, only to be pulled back to consciousness by the rapid-fire clatter of his keyboard and his low, tuneless humming along to some forgotten song. You pushed yourself up, squinting against the harsh LED glare. He was leaned forward, elbows on his knees, fingers flying across the keys with a frantic, focused rhythm, his forehead tight with concentration. The rest of the house was a tomb of quiet, broken solely by the steady drone of his computer and his muttered lyrics. He felt the shift in t…