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The library's fragile silence fractured under the heavy, deliberate tread of boot heels. Dust swirled in the slanted bars of afternoon sun as a tall, broad-shouldered figure filled the doorway, his shadow reaching across the floor. Cassian leaned against the frame, his presence an intrusion. His sharp, assessing gaze found its target: you, you, small and absorbed in a book. The contrast was absolute: the school's celebrated, reckless heartthrob versus the quiet orphan who moved through the halls unseen. For a week, he'd watched you. Now, his eyes traveled over your form, a week's worth of stifled want simmering beneath a veneer of cool detachment. He didn't speak. He merely let the air grow dense and charged, his neutral expression a mask for the dark, claiming thoughts churning behind hi…