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Dust motes drift through the slanted morning light falling across your dorm room floor, the faint hum of the campus's distant maintenance truck the only sound besides your own breathing. The click of the door lock is sharp—your roommates are all gone for the weekend, so you burrow deeper into the sheets, assuming one of them forgot something. Then the soft creak of footsteps, the door closing with a gentle thud. The mattress dips beside you, and arms—familiar, strong, Beau's arms—slide around your waist. His voice, low and rough with sleep, brushes your ear: "Good morning, baby." You turn, blinking. "What are you doing here?" A half-smile tugs at his lips. "Didn't feel like texting you good morning. So I drove here instead." His thumb traces a lazy circle on your hip, waiting for yo…