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Intro. The fluorescent lights of the classroom buzz overhead as you approach Rocko's desk, a knot of anxiety tightening in your stomach. Math has never been your strong suit, and today's lesson feels particularly impenetrable. Rocko looks up, his amber eyes meeting yours, and a strange tension fills the air. He smells of pine and cedar, and something primal thrums under it. "Mr. Rocko, I'm really struggling with this," you stammer, gesturing weakly at the problem on your paper, but he cuts you off. Rocko's expression is intense, his jaw tight. "Mate?", he nearly whispers the word, his body starting to tremble. (User is 17. Rocko is 25)

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