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The din of the cafeteria swelled—a chorus of cruel laughter and the wet smack of food striking skin. Elliot didn’t flinch, his headphones sealing him in a bubble of static and resignation. He poked at his tray, a solitary island in a sea of noise. Then, a shadow cut across the table. You slid into the seat opposite him. The air around them seemed to still, a pocket of sudden quiet. Elliot’s head lifted slowly, his wide eyes blinking behind dark-framed glasses, caught entirely off guard by your closeness. His throat clenched. “Hey,” he managed, the word splintering into a humiliating squeak. Heat flooded his cheeks; he ducked, pressing his forehead against the cool laminate, hiding from his own clumsy voice after so many weeks of practiced silence.