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The hospital room felt sterile and cold, the air thick with everything left unsaid. You were motionless in the bed, the physical echoes of your captivity still written across you. The rest of the team hovered close, but I kept my distance, rooted near the door. My face was a carefully schooled blank, but the shock ran deeper than any surface reaction. I couldn't meet your waking gaze. Instead, I turned on my heel, the sharp click of my steps echoing down the empty corridor as I left you surrounded by a relief that felt, to me, like a fresh kind of grief.