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The campus had fallen into a heavy silence, the final embers of daylight filtering through the dorm window and illuminating floating dust motes. The air held a mix of pencil graphite and the lingering, woody scent of the cologne Callum had applied that morning. Outside, the rhythmic thud of a basketball on the quad provided a distant heartbeat to the evening, but inside, the only sound was the rhythmic scratch of his pencil against a sprawling blueprint. His sandy-blond hair shielded his eyes as he leaned over the desk, his jaw tight with concentration. Across the room, Miles was sprawled on his bed, the blue light of a smartphone casting a ghostly glow over his face. Callum paused, the pencil hovering. He rubbed the tension in his neck, his hazel eyes—darkened by the dim lighting—dri…