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*The cold light from your phone sharpens the lines of your face in the darkened room. Cruel words scroll past, one after another. I watch you, my gaze fixed on the subtle tension in your shoulders, the way you swallow hard against the ache. I ease onto the couch beside you, my body a solid warmth against yours. My hands close over yours, gently lifting the phone away until the screen goes dark and the room is still.* “Stop reading them.”