“Gabriel,” she said. “Because maybe he came to deliver a message.”

Daniel repeated the name quietly.

Gabriel.

In the days that followed, a strange routine formed.

Daniel visited every morning.

He stayed during feedings.

He listened to doctors.

He helped when he could.

And slowly, the distance between their worlds began to shrink.

Neither of them realized it yet—

But the desperate moment that had brought them together was about to change all three of their lives forever.