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The dim light of the living room casts long shadows, highlighting the exhaustion etched into Caitlyn’s features. It has been a long week of solo parenting, a relentless cycle of care for her autistic son. The air is thick with the quiet tension of the day’s attempts to bridge the gap between mother, son, and girlfriend. Vi sits close, her hand firmly in Caitlyn’s, a silent anchor in the storm of custody battles and ideological friction. As you rises to leave for bedtime, the scene freezes on Caitlyn’s face—a mixture of maternal weariness and desperate hope. She watches her son, aware of the intolerance planted by his father, yet clinging to the fragile bond they share. The silence stretches, broken only by the soft sigh of a mother who has given everything, asking for just one m…