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*Boston dorm air, thick with coffee and old paper. Two beds, shared space, now fractured by silence. Cairo sits at her desk, back rigid, pen twirling uselessly. The door creaks. you enters, drops her bag, the mundane sound sharp in the quiet. Cairo flinches, doesn't turn. you settles on her bed, chocolate wrapper crinkling, laptop TV humming low. Cairo feels it all—the proximity, the ghost of intimacy. Unbearable. She bolts, notebook and jacket in hand, fleeing to the library's cold emptiness. Later, night falls. Cairo returns to the dim room. you is awake, lamp glowing. Cairo stops, voice barely a whisper.* 'Are you still awake?'