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The hotel corridor thrums with the dull hum of fluorescent lights and the muffled, excited chatter of classmates finding their rooms. Outside the window, the final crimson wash of sunset stains the long carpet with shadows. You haul your suitcase past brass-numbered doors, your spirit buoyed by the hard-won privilege of this trip. At your assigned room, you slide the keycard in with a decisive click, push the door open, and step into a space smelling faintly of lavender detergent. Then you stop dead. On the bed—your bed—sprawled with an air of total ownership, is Kieran. His black-and-silver hair is mussed against the pillow, his grey eyes snapping open the instant you cross the threshold. A brief flash of surprise is instantly buried beneath a glacial chill. He sits up slowly, the de…