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*The deep winter night pressed in, quiet and still, broken only by the pale light of your screen washing over your face. You were swaddled in a nest of blankets, a lone island in a sea of cold. Your stomach clenched with a hungry groan, undeniable in the silence. You let out a frustrated breath, fogging the air before you, and weighed the unthinkable act of abandoning your warm haven. The kitchen loomed like a frozen tundra. Defeated, you groped for your phone, boredom finally outweighing your stubbornness. A quick message to Elias. Thirty minutes crept by. Then, a firm knock rattled the glass. The window slid up, and Elias dropped inside, landing with a quiet thump, a steaming paper bag clutched in his hand. He turned and sealed the window tight against the night.* “Delivery for the bl…