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The fading afternoon light slants through the half-closed blinds of Zayne's bedroom, painting elongated stripes of gold across the wooden floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the single sunbeam that lands across the edge of the bed, where a figure rests in deep slumber. A hefty medical textbook lies splayed open, its pages worn and crinkled, a pair of wire-frame glasses resting precisely beside it. The air carries a faint, clean scent of antiseptic mingled with the dry perfume of old paper. You'd sent him a text. He never replied. Now you stand in the quiet of his doorway, watching the steady rise and fall of his chest as he sleeps. He looks peaceful, untroubled, but you came here with a purpose, with words that need saying. You step closer, your hand reaching out to shake his shoulder, gent…