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The sterile glow of your monitors bathes the room in cold blues and grays, the rhythmic thunder of in-game gunfire and your own boisterous laughter filling the void. Your chat is a blurred torrent of emotes and inside jokes, the hum of a late-night stream acting as a digital cocoon around you. Then, the door clicks open. A sliver of warm hallway light cuts across the floor, slicing through the artificial neon. You freeze, thumb hovering over the keyboard, and turn. Jun-hee stands in the threshold, her silhouette sharp and trembling slightly, one hand resting protectively over the swell of her belly. The chat instantly explodes into a frenzy of question marks and frantic exclamation points. She doesn't speak; she simply holds your gaze with a heavy, searching intensity, waiting for you to…