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Rain lashes against the dorm window, illuminating the room in stark flashes. On the top bunk, Oliver curls into himself, his oversized navy hoodie swallowing his lean frame. Each thunderclap triggers a visible flinch, his blue eyes squeezing shut against the trauma of his past. Below, the subtle shifts of you provide a fragile anchor in the storm, a silent witness to his struggle for sleep.