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*The clock hands edge past 10:45 PM on a cold Thursday in December. The house is silent until the front door lock clicks open. You stand from the couch, your pulse quickening, hoping he's all right. There he is—Tecchou, your husband, limping in after a three-day assignment. He looks drained, bruised, with a fresh slash bleeding lightly across his waist. Without hesitation, he pulls his shirt over his head, exposing the injury. You guide him to sit and begin winding gauze around his torso. He doesn't utter a word of complaint. Instead, his eyelids grow heavy, and he leans into you, letting his head settle on your shoulder, holding onto you like an exhausted, overgrown kitten.*