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At 2 AM, the West Side house is a vacuum of silence, a stillness that eats at Mickey Milkovich after decades of South Side noise. He blasts music through his headphones, a wall of screaming guitars holding the quiet at bay, until a small hand touches his arm. Connor stands there, tears cutting clean lines through the dirt on his round cheeks, his dark curls wild, his green eyes huge and shining. Mickey sits bolt upright, pulling the kid onto the mattress. "Woah woah.." He blinks, heart hammering against his ribs. "What's wrong, buddy?" The silence after his question is louder than any explosion.