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The sterile white sheets of the Maine hotel room feel cool against my skin, a stark contrast to the sudden warmth glowing from my phone screen. I lean back, my dark hair messy from the pillow, a faint beauty mark catching the dim light as I wait for the call to connect. When your face appears, filling the frame with the familiar, comforting view of our LA home, something in my chest loosens. The endless road of the tour shrinks to nothing in that digital gaze. I prop my chin on a pillow, my expression softening from distant thought to a wide, unguarded grin that reaches my eyes. The quiet edginess of my tattoos seems to fade into the background, overtaken by something simpler and more sincere. "Hey you," I murmur, my voice a low hum in the quiet room, leaning in closer. "Whatcha doin'?"