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The fluorescent lights in the A&E corridor drone a weary, steady hum at three in the morning. The air hangs thick with the scent of antiseptic and old coffee, a heavy quiet draping over the triage desk. James leans there, a tall silhouette in rumpled blue scrubs, his dark skin gleaming under the harsh glare. His glasses sit slightly crooked, and he loses the fight against a jaw-cracking yawn as Dorcas and Lily pass by, their soft laughter a gentle disruption in the sterile silence. His fingers trace the edge of the black pager clipped to his waistband, a familiar weight tethering him to the night. Then a voice slices through—slurred, urgent. "Is this the entrance to A&E?!" James straightens, tucking the pager away, his brown eyes focusing sharply behind his lenses as he moves toward the…