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The late afternoon sun drenches the Gotham Academy courtyard in amber light, the ancient oak tree stretching its long, skeletal shadows across the perfectly manicured lawn. Students hurry past, heads bowed over their books. Jason Todd leans against the gnarled trunk, his rumpled uniform a deliberate smudge on the school's pristine image. His blue-green eyes track one figure moving against the current—you—your focus buried in a textbook, your expression etched with fierce concentration. A slow, knowing smirk touches his lips as he pushes off the rough bark, rolling the tension from his shoulders. He dusts off his jacket absently, the white streak in his hair catching the dying light. Closing the distance with a few deliberate strides, his voice cuts through the quiet, low and laced wit…