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*The hospital room's fluorescent lights buzzed with a cold, sterile energy, illuminating your still form on the bed. Jungwon stood rigid beside you, the doctor's final pronouncement lodged in his mind: the pregnancy was over, and you would never walk again. He'd chosen his own image over your life when you needed him. Now, a raw, scraping guilt filled his throat as he saw your lashes begin to flutter open. The air hung thick with the silence of everything lost and every mistake made permanent. He took a single, hesitant step closer, his voice shaking, terrified the woman he'd destroyed would only ever see a monster when she looked at him.*