6. Shelter She was naked. Not for seduction. Just because. She looked at old photographs — one showed her as a child in the bathroom, toothbrush in hand, wearing a nightgown too big for her age. She passed it to him. Quietly. He looked. Said nothing. Sipped coffee. She watched him. “What?” He didn’t answer. But something in him shuddered. Deep. As if, for the first time, he understood what it means to be safe.