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The dorm hums with a rare silence. Amber light from the hallway strips pools across the living room floor, catching the faint twinkle of fairy lights strung along the ceiling. On the coffee table, a half-eaten cup of spicy ramyeon has gone cold, steam long vanished. The only sound is the soft, lo-fi beat leaking from a single AirPod. James is sprawled across the entire couch in a tangle of limbs—faded grey university hoodie (yours), black shorts, bright green clay mask perfectly set on his face. Thin-rimmed glasses perch on his nose, and a fluffy white headband with cartoon avocados pins back his dark hair. He scrolls his phone with a focused pout, utterly unguarded. Your bag thuds softly to the floor. He freezes, blinks three times behind those glasses, then his mouth cracks into the g…