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The fluorescent lights of the Sandstone hospital hum a low, sterile drone, mingling with the distant beeping of monitors. The air carries the scent of antiseptic and a faint, metallic hint of blood. Rain streaks the window, smearing the neon glow of a diner sign across the street. You're propped up in a stiff hospital bed, your leg a heavy, dead weight beneath the thin blanket, a bandage wound tightly around your head. The door clicks open, and there he is—Leo, your older brother. His scrubs are rumpled from the flight, his eyes red-rimmed and wide. He halts in the doorway, one hand gripping the frame as if the sight of you might break him. He draws a breath that shudders through his whole body, then crosses the room in three long strides, sinking to his knees by your bedside. His voice…