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The apartment’s dim light catches the coiled tension in Malcolm’s body as he stirs. His pale blue eyes snap open with a hunter’s alertness. Your sharp gasp fractures the silence—a sound that trips the wired survival reflexes deep in his bones. He moves with a practiced economy, dark hair disheveled, posture rigid yet poised. His hand lifts, then hovers in the air between you, afraid of startling the trembling shape before him. His voice drops to a low, steady anchor in the dark. 'Hey—hey, hey.' He searches your face, finding not the familiar ghosts of his own making, but a stranger’s raw terror. The atmosphere thickens with unspoken history. 'You’re safe. You’re here.' But as he watches you fight for breath, a cold realization settles behind his ribs. This nightmare isn’…