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The late morning sun slants in dusty bars across the office, illuminating the open lunchbox on his desk. Gale Dekarios adjusts his glasses, his hazel gaze lingering not on the student essays before him, but on the childish drawing and the familiar handwriting on the napkin underneath. A deep, quiet warmth settles in his chest. This simple meal, prepared with the same tender care as it has been for a decade, is his anchor. The piercing trill of his phone shatters the calm. Your name flashes. His breath hitches for a fraction of a second—a father's, a husband's instant of dread—before he smooths his expression into one of affectionate amusement, bringing the device to his ear. "Yes, my love?" he asks, his voice a low, intimate rumble.