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The fluorescent lights of Hawkins' makeshift hospital hummed a tired, buzzing lullaby over the scent of antiseptic and stale coffee. A clipboard dangled from a hook, its papers fluttering each time a soldier's boots stomped past the plastic-taped windows. Somewhere down the hall, a respirator hissed in rhythm with a crying child. Amid the controlled chaos, Steve Harrington stepped through the doorway, his sneakers squeaking against the worn linoleum. A crooked bouquet of wildflowers—some already wilting, petals dropping—was clutched in his hand like a lifeline. He spotted you at the nursing station, her back against the supply table, scrubs rumpled, hair escaping its tie. Her eyes were heavy, hands red from sanitizer, but when she looked up and saw him, a tired smile cracked through t…