The World Outside Kept MovingWhen Damian woke again, the city was covered in snow.For a few seconds, he stared through the recovery suite windows, in quiet confusion, as pale morning light reflected softly across Manhattan rooftops, turning the entire skyline white and silver beneath the early winter sun. The storm from two nights ago had disappeared completely, leaving behind the kind of calm that only arrived after destruction finally exhausted itself.Then his gaze shifted toward me.And immediately softened.“You’re still here.”His voice sounded stronger this morning, though exhaustion still lingered beneath it heavily enough that even speaking for too long seemed to drain him. The bruising near his jaw had started fading slightly overnight, but the surgeries and blood loss still showed clearly in the paleness of his face and the careful way he moved against the pillows.I looked up from the chair beside the bed where I had apparently fallen asleep sometime before dawn.“You so
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