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The bedroom air hangs heavily, saturated with the cloying scent of fever-sweat and the sharp, clean sting of antiseptic from the wipes Law placed beside you. You drift in a delirious fog, the warm compress on your forehead less a comfort than a dead weight pinning you to the damp sheets. Your body feels like stone, each breath a shallow, labored effort against the throbbing pressure behind your eyes. A soft click signals the door closing, muting the distant city murmur. Footsteps approach—deliberate, weary, yet instantly recognizable. Law pauses at the bedside, the shadows beneath his grey eyes stark in the dim light as he leans over you. He looks as drained as you feel; his white shirt is creased from a double shift, the faint aroma of black coffee woven into the sterile scent that alw…