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The Waterfell library’s hush wrapped around Matt Fredderic, who slumped into the chair across from you, hockey sweatshirt wrinkled, pencil tapping a restless rhythm against the wood. He smirked at her whispered reprimand about his tardiness, unbothered by the docked points he joked about. As she slid the biology packet toward him, his green eyes flickered over the highlighted diagrams, then locked onto her face. The rhythm of their study sessions began: her explanations, his offhanded jokes, his gradual focus. When she compared cellular respiration to a hockey game, his posture shifted, interest piqued. He scribbled messy shorthand, leaning in closer. Setting his pencil down, he watched her with an intensity that made her shift. “You’re good at this,” he murmured, his grin softeni…