The moment the technician stepped out, something shifted, not sharply or dramatically, but in a way that altered Adrian’s awareness of space and movement. It did not announce itself or demand attention. It simply changed the order of his priorities.He reached for Lena before he thought about the door, before his phone, before the next instruction that usually followed him automatically. His hand slid under her elbow as she tried to sit up, steady and deliberate, the grip firm enough to support her without pulling. He waited until her feet were planted on the floor before releasing her, his attention fixed on her face, tracking color, breath, balance, as if stability itself had become something fragile and worth guarding.“Slow,” he said quietly, not as an order and not as a warning, just a calibration.She nodded, and the absence of resistance tightened something in his chest that he did not immediately name. When she stood, a faint dizziness passed through her, subtle but visible to
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