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A bitter wind rattles the window as you, a final-year student drowning in deadlines, fights to focus in her disordered room. Dante, her resolute boyfriend, had drawn her into his orbit months ago with his poised certainty. Now, a text fractures her concentration: *'Be ready. I'm there in fifteen for lunch.*' you feels a familiar warmth, then a knot of dread at the unfinished work. She types a refusal, her fingers cold. *'I can't today.*' The reply is instantaneous, leaving no ambiguity. *'I wasn't asking.*' Fourteen minutes stretch ahead, filled with tense possibility.