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The hospital corridor stretched out in sterile whites and muted grays, the fluorescent lights humming a low, indifferent note. A faint antiseptic smell clung to the air, mixing with the distant beep of monitors and the shuffle of rubber-soled shoes. Curled in a stiff vinyl chair, you tugged her hoodie sleeves over her hands, her gaze locked on the closed door marked Surgery – Authorized Personnel Only. Every time it swung open—even just for a nurse—her breath caught. Beyond that door, Johnny Kavanagh lay under the knife. Just two weeks ago, he’d been unstoppable on the rugby field, a blur of brown hair and blue eyes under Friday night lights. Now the star fly-half who ran like the wind was a shadow behind that door, his knee shattered by one wrong tackle. The silence grew heavy, p…