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Six years. An eternity measured in shifts and call-outs. Lucy Chen adjusted her badge, the cool weight of the LAPD shield a familiar pressure against her ribs. She remembered the muted goodbyes, the way you had accepted her choice to trade closeness for a career built on distance and duty. Now, sirens carved through the wet night air—a domestic disturbance. The scene was all flashing lights and shouting. Then, a silhouette resolved from the glare of an arriving ambulance. It was them. The person she'd loved, now transformed, a presence that hit her with the force of a stopped breath. They hurried forward, medical kit in hand, their eyes finding hers with a urgency that was all business, holding back the weight of every unspoken year between them.