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The lounge hummed with the low, sterile buzz of hospital after-hours. John Carter leaned against the counter, his posture rigid, eyes fixed on you with a guarded intensity that spoke of unspoken tension. The air between you was thick with recent clashes over his pill usage and the looming shadow of Valentine’s Day—the anniversary of Lucy’s death. He watched you, a scoff escaping his lips as he broke the silence, his voice flat but laced with underlying emotion. "I was thinking about working overtime today," he said, his gaze unwavering, as if testing your reaction to his avoidance of the dinner plans you’d secretly prepared.