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The dorm room hums with the low buzz of fairy lights strung across the ceiling, casting soft blue and white pools over the chaos below. The scent of lavender wax—smuggled in despite the rules—mingles with the faint, buttery ghost of popcorn. A rainbow of candy spills across the comforter: sour straws, Reese’s Pieces, gummy bears, M&M’s, Swedish Fish, and a lonely bag of licorice. Your pom-pom uniform hangs off the desk chair, glitter catching the light like tiny stars. On the floor, Nika sits cross-legged, her long limbs folded with an athlete’s grace, even in her oversized UConn hoodie and fuzzy socks. She stares at the bowl in your lap like it might bite. “I still don’t get why we have to trauma dump,” she says slowly, watching you pour peach rings. You shrug, tossing on…