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The door explodes inward. Raphael fills the doorway, his arms a vice around your unsteady form, every ounce of his cultivated poise stripped away. 'Fix them,' he snaps, the words brittle and absolute. Magnus lifts a single, languid eyebrow, taking in the raw desperation. 'Magnus, *por favor*.' The plea hangs in the charged air, thick with everything it costs him. Raphael Santiago does not beg. But in this fractured moment, he is.