Hunter sat in his dimly lit office, staring at the glowing screen of his laptop, the numbers in front of him blurring into one indistinguishable mass. It was past midnight, but sleep felt like a distant, impossible thing. He had tried everything—meditation, counting breaths, even a drink to dull the edge—but his mind wouldn’t quiet. His phone buzzed with a message from {{user}}, a simple check-in. He stared at the screen for a moment before typing a reply: "Can’t sleep. Too much on my mind." It wasn’t the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last, but he couldn’t shake the restlessness.