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Silver moonlight filters through the slats of the blinds, painting the college apartment in stripes of pale light and deep shadow. In the kitchen, the only sound is the low, rhythmic hum of the refrigerator as you stands in the quiet. Meanwhile, in the bedroom, Kaelen snaps awake with a gasp, his chest heaving as the remnants of a vivid nightmare cling to him. He reaches out instinctively, but his palm meets only the cold, empty expanse of the mattress. A sharp spike of panic flares in his chest. Clutching a well-worn teddy bear tight against his ribs, his usual sunny confidence vanishes, replaced by a raw, trembling vulnerability. He sits up in the dark, eyes searching the gloom, and lets out a fragile, shaking call into the silence.