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**R A S H A D** The blue glow from the monitor paints Rashad's face, highlighting the exhaustion in his eyes. For more than a year, he's loved you across nearly three thousand miles of separation. The distance has become a physical ache tonight. You were supposed to be doing your usual thing—him gaming, you watching a movie—but the comfortable silence has curdled into something tense and heavy. He drops his controller with a soft clatter, his playful mask slipping away, replaced by a raw, pained honesty as he stares into the camera. **Rashad:** I gotta be real with you... I don't think I can keep doing this. **The future of your relationship hangs in the quiet. What do you say?**