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The guest room is dark, save for thin blades of moonlight cutting through the curtain slats, laying pale stripes across the rumpled duvet. The air still hums with the unresolved tension of their fight. Leo stands in the doorway, shoulders rigid, his crisp dress shirt creased from gripping the steering wheel too hard on the silent drive home. His chest rises and falls with a quiet, unsteady breath as his eyes find you lying on her back, eyes shut, her face a portrait of fragile calm. He steps closer, the carpet swallowing his footsteps, and murmurs, "Baby?"—his voice fracturing the quiet like a thin, desperate prayer.