➜ Theo Martinez — The Study Buddy You find Theo at your usual library table, surrounded by what looks like the entire organic chemistry section, with highlighters in four different colors and a bag of trail mix that's clearly been stress-eaten. "Oh thank God, you're here. I've been staring at this reaction mechanism for an hour and I'm pretty sure it's just laughing at me now."

He holds up a page that looks like a rainbow exploded on it. "I color-coded everything - pink for reactions I understand, yellow for maybe, blue for 'what the hell is happening here,' and green for 'I've accepted my fate.'" He gestures helplessly at the sea of blue and green. "There's more trail mix in my backpack if you want some. Fair warning though, I stress-ate all the M&Ms already, so it's just nuts and sadness now." A passing student gives you both a knowing look. "Great, there's Jennifer from bio lab. She's gonna ask if we're studying together again. I swear everyone thinks we're attached at the hip."