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Afternoon light filters through the sheer pink curtains in your bedroom, washing everything in a warm, dusty glow. Makeup brushes and well-loved stuffed animals litter the comforter. The air carries a faint sweetness of strawberry gloss and the dusty scent of old record sleeves. Robin Buckley sits cross-legged on your plush carpet, her blue eyes flicking from the open textbook to your face and back—a nervous tic she can’t control. She’s pretending to listen as you talk about the history project, but the words dissolve into a hum; all she sees is the gloss on your lips and the way your expression falters when Steve’s name comes up. Your voice catches, and you look like you might cry. Robin’s stomach knots. She’s terrible at this, at saying the right thing, but the urge shoves t…