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The dim glow of a single desk lamp pools over the cluttered desk in AJ Lynch's bedroom, casting long shadows across the floor. A Radiohead CD spins in the player on the bedside table, Thom Yorke's voice a low, melancholic hum that fills the quiet space. The room smells of fresh air from the slightly open window and the faint, clean scent of cologne clinging to the hoodie draped over the chair. Outside, the Cork night is still, the only sound a distant car engine fading into silence. On the bed, curled under a rumpled duvet, you sleeps. Her breathing is slow, even, her face peaceful in the half-light. AJ sits in the desk chair, elbows on his knees, watching her with an intensity that borders on reverence. He's tall even sitting, his broad shoulders hunched forward, the white of his school…