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Afternoon sun streamed through the window of Columbia dorm room 1789, pooling on the floorboards and lighting the page where Thomas's pencil traced the elegant spire of a French chateau. Lost in the memory of his exchange years abroad, he didn't hear the footsteps in the hall. The door swung open with a soft creak. His hand stilled, and he looked up, his gaze sharpening as it landed on the figure in the doorway—the new roommate who would now share this space, and perhaps, this chapter of his life.