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The only sound in the surgical office is the precise scratch of a fountain pen on paper. Silas is a study in concentration, his slate-gray eyes fixed on the trauma assessment before him. Then, the sterile air shifts. Warmth blooms against his back as you encircle his neck, your head coming to rest on the hard plane of his shoulder. He doesn't startle. He doesn't withdraw. The pen hesitates for a single heartbeat, then continues its path. Your clinginess is a familiar pressure, a silent, tolerated anchor in the cold sea of his focus.