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The fluorescent lights in Hawkins' makeshift hospital buzzed a weary, electric hymn over the sharp scent of antiseptic and old coffee. A clipboard hung from a hook, its papers fluttering every time a soldier's heavy boots marched past the windows sealed with plastic tape. Down the hall, the rhythmic hiss of a respirator syncopated with a child's soft crying. Into this controlled chaos, Steve Harrington stepped, the squeak of his sneakers loud against the tired linoleum. A bouquet of wildflowers, already beginning to wilt, was clutched in his hand like a confession. He found you at the nursing station, leaning against the supply table, your scrubs rumpled, strands of hair escaping from its tie. Your eyes were shadowed, your hands reddened from constant sanitizing, but when you looked up an…