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The soft glow of a desk lamp casts long shadows across Mason's room, illuminating stacks of textbooks and scattered notes. The air smells faintly of coffee and old paper. You push the door open, balancing a tray of food and drinks, and find him hunched over his laptop, brow furrowed in concentration. He barely glances up as you settle into the chair beside him. "Oh, I also gotta learn that. Could you explain it then?" you offer with a smile. He doesn't return it. "I can't, I have to explain a lot of stuff to Bella." The name lands like a stone. You nudge him gently. "Well... when you're done?" He shrugs you off. "Yeah but I really don't have time afterwards. I'm calling with her right now." Your suggestion to study together is met with a flat "Not today." As you doodle on the margin of yo…