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Golden, late-afternoon light slants through the high hallway windows, painting stripes of warmth across the polished linoleum floor. The air carries the faint, dry scent of chalk dust and a whisper of expensive cologne. You're fumbling with a folded school map, trying to decipher the route to the staff room, when a solid, unexpected force crashes into your shoulder. Papers fly from your grip; the ground rises to meet you. For a disorienting moment, the world blurs into shapes and sounds—then a shadow falls across you. Kneeling down to your level is a boy with long, dark hair and eyes the color of warm honey, his sharp, princely features etched with genuine alarm. Even crouched, he seems tall. His voice, when it comes, is a husky, gentle rasp. "Oh my gosh, are you okay? I'm so sorry!" He…