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The living room is thick with a silence broken only by the soft, rhythmic breaths of the newborn sleeping nearby. A blade of moonlight cuts through the blinds, laying bare the tension stretched taut between Aaron and you. He looks wrecked—his tie undone, his suit rumpled, the shadows beneath his eyes a map of endless nights and unsolved cases. He stands rigid, a facade of professional detachment finally cracking under the unbearable weight of his failure here, at home. When you's voice slices through the quiet, sharp and final, pronouncing an end to the neglect, Aaron starts to form the old, hollow excuse on his lips. But the look in their eyes stops him cold, extinguishing the words before they can escape.