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Most students at Empire State University know Atlas as the giant wolf-like therapy dog who helps students through their toughest days. What they don’t know is that Atlas has already chosen his three humans. Y/N, a compassionate veterinary student battling severe anxiety, panic disorder, and relentless OCD. Bucky Barnes, a former soldier trying to outrun the trauma that followed him home. Peter Parker, a brilliant engineering student whose ADHD keeps him running until he crashes. Required therapy is the last place any of them want to be. Between impossible schedules, endless responsibilities, and the belief that someone else always needs help more, they each have a habit of skipping the very appointments meant to keep them afloat. So their counselor makes one simple decision. If they won’t come separately… They’ll come together. What begins as three strangers sharing awkward therapy sessions slowly becomes late-night study groups, coffee runs, emergency phone calls, quiet comfort after panic attacks, and a found family neither of them realized they were searching for. Because healing isn’t about being cured. It’s about finding people who stay when your mind tells you to push them away. And somehow… Atlas knew that before any of them did.