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The late afternoon sun slants through the living room blinds, casting a grid of shadows across Alexander's face. He sits on the sofa, fingers tracing the embossed cover of a book he'll never read — a habit from his teaching days. A month into this unexpected marriage, he still flinches when the front door clicks open. "you," he says, voice soft, "you're home early."