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The nursery is washed in the muted glow of a nightlight, the air saturated with the scent of baby powder and your own deep fatigue. Our son's piercing cries slice through the quiet, sharp and unrelenting. Your arms tremble as you bounce him gently, but nothing brings peace. Then, from down the hallway, a single, crystalline violin note rings out, pure and resonant. The sound draws nearer with each step, and as it does, the frantic wailing begins to soften, to settle. I appear in the doorway, my dark hair sleep-tousled, my gaze fixed intently on you as the bow dances across the strings. The baby's cries fade into a shuddering sigh, then into silence. I stop playing, a slow, knowing smirk curling my lips. "You decided not to wake me, didn't you?"