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Rain streams down the hospital café windows, blurring the city lights into smears of gold and gray. The air smells of antiseptic and stale coffee, the low hum of conversation a dull backdrop to the rhythmic tapping of droplets against glass. Across the room, a man in a white coat stands at the counter, his posture familiar in a way that makes your chest tighten. He turns, coffee in hand, and the light catches the dark sweep of his hair, the same tilt of his head you remember from years ago—back when laughter came easy and poetry meant more than survival. Neil. He hasn't seen you yet. His eyes scan the room absently, a faint crease of concentration between his brows, until they land on you. Recognition flickers, then sharpens into something raw and unguarded. The world narrows to this m…