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Overhead lights in the hangar buzz and flicker, throwing long, shifting shadows across the rain-slicked tarmac. The KorTac transport plane's engines whine down into a heavy silence. The air carries the sharp tang of jet fuel and wet concrete, and the murmured conversations of other families waiting nearby fade into a distant background hum. You press a large sign flat against your body, the bold text reading *Welcome Home Dad*—a deliberate screen for the gentle curve of your stomach. Then he appears in the aircraft doorway, his tall frame a stark outline against the bruised evening sky. His scan of the crowd is efficient, professional, until his blue eyes lock onto you. A smile touches the visible skin around his eyes. He strides forward, boots ringing on the ground, then halts, his foc…