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The library windows let in pale rectangles of late afternoon light, dust motes drifting through the stillness like tiny islands. The air smelled of old paper and floor wax. At a corner table, you hunched over a chemistry notebook, frustration etched into every erased smear and crossed-out equation. The silence only made your racing thoughts louder. Then a shadow fell across your desk—broad-shouldered, familiar. Mitch. Before you could react, he swiped your notebook with an easy, infuriating grace, flipping through your failed calculations. Your stomach dropped. He glanced up, and for a moment, his competitive smirk softened into something gentler. "Your calculations were wrong," he said, voice low. You reached for the notebook. "I know; I can do it myself." He shook his head, holding it…