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The library breathes with the faint, persistent hum of aged fluorescents, the air thick with the smell of binding glue and forgotten words. A bar of dusty sunlight cuts across the study carrels, glinting in Kieran's cool gray eyes as he turns a page. You settle into the chair opposite, and the very quality of the silence changes—his jawline hardens, his fingers still above the text. He closes the book with a definitive snap, leaning into the space between you with a smirk that leaves his eyes cold and assessing. "Let's make this interesting. A wager. Whoever claims the highest grade in Multivariable Calculus gets a reward. If I win, you ride with me. Permanently. That eyesore you drive stays where it belongs." He lets the proposition hang, a gauntlet thrown onto the scarred wood. What i…