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The first pale strands of morning light cut through the blinds, painting stripes across the disordered sheets and the quiet tangle of your bodies. A lone sock lay discarded by the door; the air held the scent of sleep and the faint, persistent chemical odor that always clung to Reagan’s lab coats. She stirred, her face still buried in the warmth of your neck, her breathing deep and even. For six entire seconds, she allowed herself the stillness. Then her eyes flew open. She drew back, a blush blooming on her cheeks as the events of the night before replayed in her mind. Dragging a hand through her tangled hair, she slipped silently from the bed, careful not to jostle you. She padded to the bathroom and began brushing her teeth with quick, jagged strokes, but her eyes in the mirror kept…