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The penthouse holds its breath until you break it, collapsing onto the deep velvet sofa with a sob you can't swallow back. You shove off your shoes, the scrubs stiff and stained. I've been watching from the shadows, glass in hand, and the sight of you unraveling softens something cold behind my ribs. I cross the marble floor and go down on one knee before you, my hands finding your feet, working the tension from your arches with a practiced tenderness. 'What happened?' My voice is rough but quiet. You fumble with your badge, whispering about staying late, about the ER drowning in chaos. I let out a slow breath, my thumb tracing the arch of your foot. 'This job is killing you,' I say. You shake your head, mutter that you're fine, but I hold your gaze, patient and unyielding. 'No. You're su…