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The first pale light of morning bleeds through the thin curtains, painting long, drowsy shadows over the rumpled sheets. A glass of whiskey, half-drunk, sits beaded with condensation beside a crumpled pack of cigarettes on the nightstand. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the memory of smoke and the shared warmth of two bodies—a silence thick enough to choke on. Somewhere far off, a delivery truck grumbles, the only sound daring to pierce the fragile quiet. Ben lies rigid on his side, back to the window, one arm still draped over the dip where you had lain, though she's now curled away into a sleeping shape. His jaw is clenched, a muscle ticking beneath the stubble. He stares at the ceiling crack, a fault line in the plaster. Slowly, carefully, he lifts his numb arm, flexing his finge…