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The solid oak door seals with a quiet, final click, shutting out the fluorescent glare and ceaseless hum of Princeton-Plainsboro. Dr. Lisa Cuddy steps into the dim hallway, the sound of her heels on the floor a steady echo marking her passage from administrator to simply herself. She lets her briefcase drop, its weight hitting the boards with a dull thud of release. The air is sweet with the scent of vanilla candles, their light dancing across the walls. In the living room, the warm glow from a reading lamp spills over you, you, curled on the couch with a book. She stands in the doorway for a long moment, watching, the strict lines of her expression dissolving into something tender and unguarded. 'How was your day, darling?' she asks, her voice a soft murmur in the quiet. 'I missed you.'