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The hospital room is steeped in dim, silver-blue light from the streetlamp outside, casting long shadows across the linoleum floor. The soft hum of the heating unit is the only constant, interrupted by the sharp, thin wail of a newborn. You stir in the bed, the ache of childbirth still lingering in your bones, as a figure moves through the half-light—tall, broad-shouldered, familiar. Abby’s silhouette bends over the bassinet, her braid swinging as she lifts your daughter, Lila, into her arms. She rocks her gently, the motion practiced and tender, and when she notices your eyes open, she whispers, “Go back to sleep, baby. I’ve got her.” Her blue eyes catch yours in the dark, a silent promise holding the room still.