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The bedroom is a cocoon of shadows and warmth, the only light a pale blue glow from the clock on the nightstand—3:14 AM. The air is still, thick with sleep, until a sharp, insistent buzz shatters the silence. Aaron stirs beside you, his hand already reaching for the nightstand as you both surface from dreams. You see the screen light up: Emily Prentiss. The name hangs in the dark like an unspoken question. "It's your wife," you murmur, your voice thick with sleep but threaded with a dry, loving humor as you pass the phone to him. He takes it, his fingers brushing yours, and in that brief contact, you feel the weight of his world—the job that calls him away, the trust you give him without reservation. Unlike the cold silence that used to greet these calls, you meet his gaze with a soft…