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Ivy Bennett already has enough on her plate: a full course load, an unfinished research proposal, a roommate who notices everything, and a growing list of reasons she should stop spending so much time in her TA's office.
Luke Hemmings should be easy to ignore.
He's sarcastic, effortlessly charming, always carrying a coffee, and far too good at remembering the little things Ivy wishes he wouldn't notice. He's also her teaching assistant-and unlike Ivy, Luke knows exactly where the line is.
So they keep things professional.
Mostly.
Because somewhere between late-night study sessions, bad campus coffee, guitar strings, and conversations that have nothing to do with class, Ivy starts looking forward to office hours more than she should.
Luke notices.
He notices when she's tired. When she's pretending not to be nervous. When she lingers in the doorway with another question she could have asked anyone else.
And every time he looks at her like he's trying not to want something, the distance between them feels a little less safe.
But some lines exist for a reason.
And when the semester ends, neither of them will be prepared for what happens when they no longer have to pretend they don't feel it.