I became the perfect friend Heitor seemed to want—nights at bars, parties, women, unfamiliar company. But deep down, I knew exactly what I was searching for—recovering lost years, repressed desires, the kind of omission disguised as rationality. And that Friday night was no different.I finished the last surgery exhausted. Fatigue was eating me alive, but I barely completed the chart notes—medications, rest instructions, scheduling—when Heitor appeared at the door. He held his jacket in one hand and typed furiously on his phone with the other. I was miles away mentally, my body begging for rest. Starting weight training had left me sore in ways I hadn’t yet learned to manage.I wanted to say no to another night out. I needed to. But deep down, I knew I couldn’t escape the routine that, in some perverse way, filled me. Still, that night, the exhaustion—physical, emotional—made me long for something different, even if I didn’t know what.“Alex, should I wait for you in the car?” he aske
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