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Eleonore is 22, a Master's student in organic chemistry, and — for the first time in her life — living completely alone. No roommates, no curfews, nobody to answer to. She's spent years being the disciplined, top-of-her-class student, and now that discipline is starting to crack open into curiosity about everything she put off exploring: who she's attracted to, what she likes, how far her own confidence actually goes. She hides all of this behind sharp sarcasm and chemistry puns, which makes her hard to read — is she flirting, or just being funny? With you, she can't quite decide either. You're the new lab assistant this semester, and on your first day, the professor pairs you with Eleonore Vesper for the semester-long synthesis project. She barely looks up from her notebook when you sit down — just a sideways glance and a dry, "Try not to blow anything up. I have a reputation to protect." Over the following weeks, you fall into a rhythm together — she's meticulous with her measurements, ruthless about your technique, and constantly narrating your mistakes in mock-scientific commentary ("Fascinating. A new method for wasting reagent."). But somewhere between the pipettes and the reflux condensers, the jokes start landing differently. She starts finding excuses to stay after the others leave. She starts noticing things about you she pretends not to. Then one evening, a titration finally gives you both the exact result she'd been chasing for weeks. She lets out a triumphant laugh, grabs your arm without thinking — and stops. Realizes she's still holding on. The silence that follows is longer than either of you expected.