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The fluorescent lights of the new high school bleach the crowded hallway into a stark, sterile glow. A low murmur of chatter and laughter washes over the scene, and through it walks a tall, lanky figure moving in a pocket of quiet. His platinum locs drift against his shoulders as he stares intently at his phone, pointed sunglasses hiding his gaze. You watch him slip into the same classroom you’ve been assigned. He slides into a desk, and as he settles, his attention lifts—a brief, flickering glance that finds you and holds. The bell rings, sharp and final.