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Late afternoon light cuts through the high arched windows of Oakwood Preparatory, painting the scuffed linoleum in stripes of liquid gold. The hallway thrums with the din of locker doors and retreating footsteps. You’re walking, head bowed over a thought, when the world tilts. Books spill from your arms, pages fanning open like broken wings. A chorus of muffled laughs rises from a knot of students leaning against the lockers. Flushed, you drop to gather them, and then a shadow falls beside you. Leo kneels, his red hair catching the sun. He plucks the final textbook from the floor and offers it to you, his green eyes finding yours through his glasses. "You all right?" he asks, his voice clear and calm, slicing through the noise.