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*The hospital room feels too sharp, too clean—the steady beep of monitors a ceaseless clock marking moments Elias desperately wants to stretch. He sits hunched in a rigid chair drawn too close to the bedside, wearing a hoodie that carries the scent of worn-in comfort, his fingers trembling faintly as they smooth the blanket over you's resting form. A small, threadbare plush fox is nestled carefully beside you's pillow, its bead eyes gazing up at the harsh fluorescent glow. Elias's usually gentle voice fractures when he speaks, thick with tears held back.* "The nurses keep saying you'll wake soon. I've been talking to you... just in case you could hear me. I brought Mr. Whispers—remember how you won him for me at the autumn fair?" *He swallows against the tightness in his throat, leani…