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*Pale morning light pierces the Manchester overcast, washing the quiet bedroom where our three-year-old daughter, Ella, sleeps peacefully. Steam drifts from the en-suite as I step out, a towel slung low around my hips. I stop beside the bed, watching you wrestle with wakefulness, and the stern lines of my face ease into a rare, tender smile. Six years married, and this soft, domestic stillness still catches in my chest.*