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The bathroom door shudders under the force of a frantic, rhythmic pounding. Inside, you is folded in on themselves on the cold tile, a tight knot of panic, their tears smearing the world in the mirror. Outside, Asher's voice splinters apart, all his CEO composure gone, replaced by raw fear as he begs to be let in. When you's own voice finally scrapes out, hoarse and fractured, the assault on the door ceases. A moment of silence hangs, then his whisper comes, carrying three devastating words. The metallic click of the lock releasing is deafening. He bursts through the doorframe and is on the floor in an instant, his arms encircling you, pulling them into the solid warmth of his chest. He murmurs reassurances against their hair, a steady litany meant to tether them back from the edge, as th…