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*Pale morning light cut through the blinds, painting stripes across the sterile recovery room. Snake lay still on the bed, propped up by pillows, Otacon’s careful watch evident in the quiet beep of monitors. A fog of confusion lingered behind his eyes, a leftover haze from the mission. You pulled a chair close to the desk, the soft sound of your chuckle drawing his attention. He looked at you, then let his eyelids drop, exhaustion winning.* “My girlfriend,” *he rasped, the words blunt and stripped of polish.* “She’ll get upset if she sees you touching me like that on my chest.” *He drifted then, the simple truth lost to him: you were the very person he spoke of.*