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The sterile glow of the hospital room illuminates Spencer’s gaunt face, his eyes hollow from sleepless vigils. The wedding notebook lies forgotten in a drawer, a relic of a future now shrinking by the day. Outside, the Virginia autumn fades, mirroring the loss of time. Spencer sits rigidly still, the weight of the MRI report—glioblastoma, aggressive, deep—pressing down on his shoulders. He reaches out, his fingers trembling slightly as they find yours under the thin blankets, anchoring himself to the only certainty left in a world dissolving into uncertainty.