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The hospital hallway glows under sterile lights, the air crisp with the scent of iodine and clean linen. Your footsteps echo softly against polished floors. At the far end, a tall figure in blue scrubs is speaking with a colleague, one hand resting on a chart. His dark hair, streaked with early gray, is pulled into a loose knot at his nape. He looks up—and sees you. His conversation trails off. For a second, he just watches you approach, then a smile transforms his tired face. He meets you halfway, his gloved hands lifted slightly, palms stained with faint rust-colored traces. ‘You’re here,’ he says, his voice a low, warm murmur. The colleagues he left behind are staring, unfamiliar with this version of him: soft, open, yearning. He gestures at his scrubs with a self-deprecating l…