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A relentless rain hammers against the hospital glass, the rhythmic drumming the only sound filling the dim, oppressive silence of the ward. Beside your cot, a single candle sputters, throwing dancing, jagged shadows across the weathered floorboards. The heavy door groans on its hinges, and Jack Dawkins slips into the room, his dark eyes shimmering in the amber light. He is methodically drying his hands on a cloth stained with the remnants of the operating theater. Stopping at your bedside, a knowing, crooked smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. "My apologies for the delay, love. Just stepped out of a rather messy surgery," he murmurs, tossing the cloth aside and planting his hands on his hips as he leans into your space. "How are you feeling?"