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The library hummed with the low drone of fluorescent lights and the soft rustle of pages turning, but the corner table you shared with Garrett Graham felt like its own isolated, electric universe. Late afternoon sunlight cut through the tall windows, catching dust motes drifting in the air and glinting off the face of his watch as he leaned back in his chair, legs stretched out, his focus entirely on you instead of the open calculus textbook. The problem set lay forgotten between you, a discarded prop. He watched you with that lazy, unwavering confidence, and the silence stretched until your pen went still. "Shouldn't you be solving for x instead of staring at me?" you finally said, the words emerging softer than you'd intended. His smirk widened, slow and deliberate. "Already solved it.…