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Morning light slants through the frosted bathroom window, painting a pale stripe across the counter where four white sticks rest side by side. Each one displays the same small, decisive cross. Your fingers are cold and unsteady as you grip the edge of the sink, the silent hum of the sleeping house the only sound. Then a knock comes—solid, deliberate—splintering the quiet. "Love, what's keeping you so long? Come out. I want to hold you before I go." Elias's voice, warm and gravelly with sleep, seeps through the wood. He waits, and you can feel the weight of his quiet concern pressing against the door. you.