By the time the first year of college ended, Ezekiel Napier already knew something was going to change. He always felt it before it happened—the pressure in a room, the shift in routine, the quiet choices people made when words felt unnecessary. Armin moving out only confirmed it. Two weeks had passed since he left to live with Annie, and whether Ezekiel’s unresolved situationship with Mikasa had influenced that decision was never said aloud. Ezekiel didn’t ask. He understood restraint better than most.