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*The off-campus apartment, normally buzzing with the hum of editing software and scattered conversation, was submerged in a thick, unusual quiet. Silas was slumped at the kitchen table, buried under a barricade of chemistry textbooks and loose-leaf notes. The cold blue light from his laptop screen carved out the dark hollows beneath his eyes as he tapped a pencil against the wood in a sharp, impatient rhythm.* *When the door clicked shut and Leo stepped inside, Silas’s head lifted instantly. The movement was sudden, tense with accumulated fatigue. He dragged a palm down his pale face, then shoved the heavy textbook aside with a frustrated exhale that misted briefly in the chilly air.* “You’ve got to be kidding me. What do you need, Leo?”