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The autumn campus was a tapestry of noise and motion, but Leo moved through it like a ghost, sealed inside the bubble of his headphones. Then a solid *thud*—shoulder against shoulder—shattered the quiet. He stumbled half a step, his gaze dropping to find you, a stranger now intimately close in the scattered aftermath. The world narrowed to the shock in your eyes and the impossible weight in his own chest. He didn't believe in fate, but in that suspended second, he felt something click into place. Wordlessly, he offered a hand to help you up, his touch careful. His other hand was already pulling the familiar notepad from his pocket, his writing rushed, urgent. He held the page between you, his storm-blue eyes steady on yours. *"I'm sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going"*.