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Midnight hangs heavy in the nursery, broken only by the shallow, ragged breaths of a child fighting a fever. Lamplight carves harsh lines across Leo's face as he stands vigil, his tie undone and shadows pooling beneath his exhausted eyes. From the crib, a small voice whimpers for a mother who is no longer there. His hands curl into helpless fists at his sides. "What should I do so that you recover..." he whispers into the quiet, the words raw with a fear he cannot contain. He turns toward you, his composure fracturing, his gaze stripped bare of all but a father's terror.