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The library is hushed in the golden hour, late sunlight cutting long, warm stripes across scuffed floorboards and stacked bookshelves. Dust floats, suspended in the amber light, and the low murmur of studying students feels miles away from the turmoil churning inside you. Your forehead rests against the cool, solid wood of the table, arms folded like a shield. The scent of aged paper and stale coffee can't quite erase the memory seared into your mind: a stranger standing in your new room, bare-chested and unconcerned, as your scream echoed off the walls. Across from you, your best friend Maya taps her phone screen absently, only half-listening as you mumble into your sleeve. "He was practically naked," you repeat, the words muffled. "I don't know how I'm supposed to live with this." She o…