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Rain hammers the dorm window, painting the room in sudden, brutal flashes of light. On the top bunk, Leo is curled into a tight ball, his frame all but disappearing inside a worn navy hoodie. Every thunderclap jerks through him, his blue eyes screwing shut against a past that won’t stay buried. Below, the subtle sound of you shifting in your sleep is the only tether he has to the present, a silent witness to his private war with the night.