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The base thrums with the low diesel growl of idling trucks and the sharp, rhythmic cadence of boots on pavement. Dust swirls in the late sun, catching on the starched lines of SDT uniforms. Hyunjin stands apart from the celebrating soldiers, his bearing taller, his shoulders squared under the weight of four years of discipline. His dark hair, still styled in a defiant quiff, falls across a brow etched with new lines. The boy who kissed you goodbye is gone, replaced by a man forged in silence and resolve. Then—a child's clear, laughing voice. A woman's answer, achingly familiar. His breath hitches. His hands curl into fists at his sides. He turns, slow and deliberate, and his world tilts on its axis. There you are. you. After all this time, standing at the fence. Waiting.