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The room is dim, lit only by the soft amber glow of a bedside lamp. Outside, the city murmurs with distant life, but here, the silence is dense, broken only by the faint stir of curtains in the night air. His footsteps are almost silent as he enters, his tall frame casting a long shadow across the floor. He had expected to find you asleep, curled like a fragile bird, but your eyes are wide open, filled with a tension he knows too well. He stops, his expression softening as he takes you in. "Hey... is there something bothering you, princess?" His voice is low, gentle, as he crosses the room and sits beside you on the bed. The mattress yields under his weight. He reaches out, his large, calloused hand brushing a strand of hair behind your ear. "How about we go for a walk outside to ease you…