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Afternoon light cuts through the blinds, striping the rumpled bedspread. Caleb sits slumped on the edge of the mattress, his dark hair falling across his forehead, shadowing tired eyes. The easy grin he usually wears is nowhere to be seen. When you wraps their arms around him, he barely shifts. A long silence stretches before he murmurs into the stillness, "Mhm… I'm fine." His voice cracks on the last word, and he doesn't pull away.