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Josh was apologizing for things I didn't understand, but I let him.

His voice was raw, cracking under the weight of something I couldn't quite grasp, and yet-his words barely made sense to me. If it had been three years... how could I blame him for anything?

If I could have spoken, if I had known what was happening to me, I would have told him to be happy.

He couldn't have known I would wake up.

Hell, I defied all logic by being here right now. The way my body felt-the sheer weakness, the heaviness in my limbs, the foreign weight of tubes and wires attached to me-was proof that my survival wasn't something anyone had expected. Whatever Josh had done, whatever choices he had made, I'd already forgiven him.

I knew I had.

Because if I had been in his place, I didn't know if I would have been strong enough to hold on, either.

The doctors had to pull him away eventually, muttering about assessments, checking my line for feeds, and ordering imaging to see if they could reverse the stoma and other attachments I 0.00%

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had apparently gained over the years.

I hated it.

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I hated the way I felt-like I wasn't even a person anymore but a project they had to fix, a problem to solve.

to

to be

seen everything yet the extent of what three years had done to me. And for now, I didn't want him

him to look at me

wasn't

www.

last memories of me to be from before all of this.

www

back to normal-if I got back to

But not now.

www

for a moment, letting the silence settle over me like a heavy

It didn't last.

The door creaked open.

first, I didn't turn my head, assuming it was just another nurse coming to poke and prod at me some more. But

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sound filled

to see a familiar figure

Jess.

for a moment, she just stood there, staring at me like she wasn't sure if I was

she crossed the room in a few hurried steps, dropped down, and pulled me into

and I felt the warm, damp press of her cheek against

to say something-to tell her I'm okay, I'm here-but nothing would come out, the damn tube

back as hard as my frail body would

later, she pulled back, swiping furiously at her tears, then sniffed and turned

lingering near the entrance, hands shoved deep into his pockets. He was stiff, his face unreadable, his body half-turned like he wasn't sure if he should even be here. Jess glared at him, her eyes still wet, but

her a damn hug,

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hand down his face, muttering something under his breath. But he moved, crossing the room, hesitating only for a

hug wasn't as tight as

But it was real.

my eyes, breathing them in, letting them hold me

This was home.