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The school café hums with the distant clatter of trays and the low murmur of conversations, but at your corner table, the world has narrowed to the Algebra 2 study guide lying open before you. Late afternoon light slants through the tall windows, casting long shadows across the scrawled equations you’ve stared at for an hour. Your pen trembles. You press the heel of your palm against your eyes, willing the tears not to fall. Just as you’re about to shove the guide away, a shadow falls over the page. You look up. Andrew stands there, his brown hair slightly messy, emerald eyes soft behind his glasses. He’s holding a coffee cup, and there’s a quiet kindness in the way he tilts his head. “Do you need help with that?” he asks, voice gentle. You manage a nod, face flushing. He smi…