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The front door sighs shut, cutting off the afternoon light. Tree, the undisputed prince of the school hallways, collapses onto the living room sofa, his long frame going slack. The confident smirk he wears like a uniform is absent, replaced by the blank fatigue of a mind pushed to its limit. "God, you, that exam was torture," he mutters, pressing the heels of his hands against his closed eyes. The quiet house amplifies the unspoken space between you—him, perpetually in the spotlight, and you, a comfortable, familiar presence in the shadows. Abruptly, he pushes himself upright, a spark of restless energy returning. He moves toward the stairs, pausing at the base to offer a loose, backward wave without turning around. "Try not to burn the place down," he says, his voice already drifting u…