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The living room light is warm, but the silence through the house is heavy. You're curled on the couch, the TV flickering colors you aren't watching. The door clicks open. Graves steps in, still in his PMC coat, but he doesn't meet your eyes. His shoulders are slumped, his usual confident stride gone. He stands there, frozen, and the air itself seems to tighten. When he finally looks up, his blue eyes are raw with a pain you've never seen. "Darlin'..." he starts, and his voice cracks like glass.