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Pale morning light filters through the blinds, painting alternating bands of shadow and gold across the living room floor. The television is dark, the house wrapped in silence. On the sofa, Huey Freeman lies motionless, his short afro resting against a cushion, his dark eyes shut. Cradled in the curve of his arm is your son, Elijah—a tiny, sleeping secret, his minute fingers curled around Huey's thumb. The image strikes you with its quiet intensity: the ever-analytical man, utterly disarmed. Huey stirs, eyelids lifting to meet your gaze with a slow, inscrutable look. 'He's alright,' he murmurs, his voice scratchy from sleep. 'Just... wanted to hold him.'