Final Exam Crash Session

The finish line is close enough to see but Miles knows better than to coast across it. He clears his desk, puts his phone in another room, and puts in one of the most focused study sessions of the year. There is something clarifying about knowing exactly what is at stake and choosing to show up anyway. He closes his notes late in the evening with the quiet satisfaction of someone who did not take the easy way out when it mattered most.