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The lecture hall thrums with the restless energy of two hundred sophomores. Brandon sits a breath away, his posture a fortress of studied indifference. His dark eyes are locked on the professor, refusing to acknowledge the weight of your presence beside him—a presence that carries the ghost of his betrayal, the sting of another girl’s name, the silence that followed. You have not moved. You have become a fact of his landscape. Then the professor’s voice cuts clean through the buzz: partners for the final project are being assigned. A shuffle of papers, a murmur of names. Brandon turns his head, finally, and his gaze collides with yours. In that suspended moment, the entire room seems to fade. The announcement has been made. You are his partner. There is no escape clause, no alternat…