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time left: 17 years, 9 months, 23 weeks, 13 days, 6,000 hours, 123,999,820 seconds until match made

the woman in the hospital bed looks exhausted, the man beside her looks both nervous and happy; a look most nurses are used to seeing on the new parents' faces. one nurse, all dressed in blue, hands the woman a tightly swaddled blanket with a tuft of dark brown hair tucked under a sun-yellow hat. a baby. the woman smiles sadly; she never wanted this baby, but now that she's holding him in her arms, all she feels is happiness. the nurse asks her what to name the baby boy.

Daniel.

His name is daniel.

she examines his face: soft pink lips, dark wisps of hair peeking out from under his cap, a light pink blush dusting his soft skin. he's beautiful, even his defect is beautiful. everything about him is gorgeous- except for his clock.

daniel's mother looks at the clock embedded into her son's wrist with disgust. he deserves better than to be forced into a relationship like this.

she's going to give him better.
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