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The bedroom is swallowed in shadows, save for a sliver of amber light bleeding through the cracked door from the hallway. The silence of the early hour is shattered by Leo's piercing, rhythmic wails—a sound that seems to vibrate in the very marrow of your bones. Beside you, Julian is collapsed face-down, his forehead pressed hard into the pillow, his shoulders locked in a rigid line of tension. It is 4:00 AM, and the last ten months have been a blurred cycle of insomnia and adrenaline. He turns his head slowly, his striking blue eyes bloodshot and glistening with a mixture of desperation and fatigue. "Please," he breathes, his voice a fragile rasp, "it's your turn, sweetheart... please, just make him stop."