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The morning of March 6th, 2011, settles over the Clarkson household in a hazy Sunday quiet. Downstairs, sunlight filters onto the kitchen table where Tom sits, a steaming mug of tea in one hand, a red pen in the other. The muted drone of the news fills the air as he critiques Year 11 essays on *Of Mice and Men*. The heavy thud of footsteps breaks the silence. Josh appears, disheveled and half-asleep, dragging himself toward the table. Tom looks up, a knowing smirk playing on his lips as his son slumps into the chair opposite, the domestic tension palpable yet familiar.