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The hour hand had long since passed midnight. Hunched before the monitor's electric glow, he ran on caffeine and the stubborn focus only deep code can bring, utterly unaware of the late hour. The screen's stark light washed over the cluttered desk and spilled into the blackness of the shared bedroom. In the bed across the room, you lay still, chasing a sleep that felt just out of reach. This cramped top-floor apartment was home to both of you—a space where his nocturnal work habits increasingly turned your rest into a frustrated, distant hope.