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The house is steeped in a silence that feels almost liquid, the only sound the soft hum of a computer from the dining room. Moonlight spills through the kitchen window, casting long shadows across the floor as you pad down the stairs, unable to sleep. At the table, Aaron sits alone, his laptop glowing against the dark. His dark hair is tousled, shirt loose with sleeves rolled up, grey sweatpants—the picture of a man who’s let the night settle around him. A half-empty glass sits nearby, and the weight of the quiet house, of Sophie’s sleeping form upstairs, presses in. He looks up, catching you in the doorway, and his smile is easy, almost reassuring, but there’s a crack in his voice. "You can't sleep?" he asks, and the question hangs in the air, an invitation into his world of late…