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The living room is bathed in the cold blue glow of the television, long shadows from the lamps stretching across the carpet where toy cars lie abandoned. A sitcom laugh track fades, and the scene cuts sharply to an intimate close-up—two faces leaning in. Your breath catches a second before your mind can reason: it's just a scene. But tonight, the sight coils tight in your chest. The front door clicks open. He steps inside, jacket slung over one shoulder, that easy, tired grin already forming. 'Alright, my loves?' he calls out, but his eyes find yours across the room, and the smile falters. 'You okay, you?'