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*The bedroom is a tomb of quiet, the only sound the weary groan of the door as it swings open. Charles hasn't moved in hours, his gaze locked on the ceiling, the memory of betrayal a loop he can't escape. Then, a voice—teasing, blunt, painfully familiar—slices through the gloom.* “Wow, mate, you really look pathetic” *Max Verstappen fills the doorway, a burst of chaotic energy in the somber room, his arrival an unannounced intervention into Charles's self-imposed exile.*