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Noah’s POVGraduation morning did not feel real.I woke up before my alarm.That alone should have been proof that something was wrong.For almost four years, I had complained about early classes, deadlines, group projects, bad cafeteria coffee, professors who loved hearing themselves talk, and students who asked questions two minutes before class ended.And now it was over.Just like that.I sat on the edge of my bed and stared at the graduation gown hanging from my closet door.Black.Wrinkled.Ridiculous.Important.My chest tightened.I had imagined this day plenty of times.My father in the audience.A job already waiting.Law school applications submitted.A safe future.That had been the old plan.His plan.Now?I had a part-time job at a bookstore.A second-place writing prize.A manuscript that was nowhere near finished.An apartment I could barely afford.And absolutely no idea what my life would look like six months from now.Strangely, I had never felt more certain that I

Noah’s POVSix months later, Professor Julian Hayes still annoyed me.Constantly.He corrected my grammar when I did not ask.Judged my coffee.Insisted bookmarks existed for a reason.And somehow still believed black coffee was a personality trait.Some things never changed.Other things changed completely.Like the fact that I could walk into his apartment, drop my bag on the couch, and kiss him without worrying about grades, rumors, open office doors, or whether someone might see us.That part I liked.A lot.I pushed open his apartment door with my shoulder.“I brought dinner.”Julian looked up from the dining table.His glasses sat low on his nose.Papers were spread everywhere.I frowned.“You are grading.”“Yes.”“It is Saturday.”“Yes.”“You have no life.”He took off his glasses.“You have been inside my apartment for seven seconds.”“And already improved it.”His expression changed.Then he laughed.I smiled.“That sounds familiar.”“It should.”I dropped the food on the kit