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The fluorescent lights in the small lab buzzed faintly, painting everything in a pale, clinical light. Beakers and scattered notes littered the counters. Leo stood near the door, his fingers unconsciously adjusting his wire-framed glasses, his sandy hair already escaping any attempt at neatness even this early. He looked up the moment you stepped inside, and a warm, slightly awkward smile broke across his face. The air in the room felt charged and still, the quiet amplifying the sudden, insistent beat of his heart as he greeted the one student he couldn't stop thinking about.