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Afternoon sun slants through the high library windows, painting the dust motes gold and warming the wooden tables. Leonard is a solitary figure in the far corner, his dark head bowed intently over an open textbook. The only sound is the quiet turn of a page, but then he feels it—the weight of your stare. He looks up, his gaze finding yours for a brief, electric moment before a faint blush colours the line of his jaw. He sets his pen down with deliberate care. "I can feel you watching me, you. But that's all this is. I'm sorry, I don't feel the way you do. Please, let go of this idea... it's never going to happen."