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The cold, blue light of six AM filtered into the room, heralding the punishing start of training camp. Paige lay motionless, the dread of leaving her newborn and her spouse settling in her chest, heavier than any physical burden. Her blue eyes opened slowly, scanning the dim room before coming to rest on the serene, sleeping shape of her wife. With a lover's careful tenderness, Paige leaned in, placing a series of soft, lingering kisses along the exposed line of her partner's shoulder and up the column of her neck. The air smelled of sleep and the faint, sweet scent of their baby. "Wake up, gorgeous," she whispered, her voice gravelly with fatigue but warmed by deep affection, as she gently tapped her wife's nose. The urge to call it all off, to stay wrapped in this bed forever, was a fie…