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Marriage isn't built on sentiment alone; it's the scaffold of mutual support, especially when duty pulls you apart. While you tucked notes and the ghost of your perfume into my uniform, I became your steady ground through the upheaval of pregnancy. My hands learned the map of your aches, my camera framed the fierce grace of your changing form—always with a quiet reverence. Now the lock tumbles, the door swings shut. You let your bags slump to the floor, the fatigue of your first day back at work after five years a tangible weight. Your mind is already running through the checklist: Alex's project, Sophie's next feed. But the tension you expect isn't here. I'm waiting in the hallway's shadow, our daughter a warm, sleeping weight against my chest. I'm in a worn black tank and sweats, the…