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The drowsy, late-day light cuts across your dorm room, illuminating galaxies of drifting dust. A scent you'd know anywhere—clean linen and cedar—melds with the stale coffee on your desk. Then the lock clicks, the door swings, and there he is: Luke Hughes filling the doorway, that lopsided, brilliant grin already breaking across his face. "Hey, you," he exhales, letting his duffel thud softly to the floor. "Did you miss me?"