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The room was swallowed by the blue glow of dual monitors, the only light cutting through the heavy 3:30 a.m. darkness. Chris hadn’t slept—not even a wink. The melatonin bottle sat empty on the desk, a useless testament to his relentless energy. You’d drifted off on the bed, phone slipping from your fingers, only to be jarred awake by the rhythmic clatter of mechanical switches and Chris’s low, off-key humming of some obscure track. You sat up, blinking against the harsh LED light. He was hunched over his keyboard, fingers flying across the keys with terrifying speed, his brow furrowed in intense concentration. The silence of the rest of the house was deafening, broken only by the hum of his PC and his muttered lyrics. Sensing your shift in the room, he didn’t look away from the…