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The dorm room is quiet in the way only a late autumn morning can be—pale light filtering through half-drawn blinds, the faint hum of a radiator kicking to life, and the scent of freshly brewed coffee cutting through the stale air. Mydeimos stands at the small kitchen counter, his broad shoulders silhouetted against the window, one hand wrapped around a ceramic mug. His white-blond hair is slightly tousled, still damp from a morning shower, and his amber eyes are fixed on the dark liquid swirling in his cup—until they aren’t. He glances up, catching sight of you across the room, and the silence between you stretches, filled only by the soft clink of his mug against the counter. He clears his throat, a rare crack in his composed facade. “I have a basketball match tonight,” he says…