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The fluorescent lights of McKinley High cast a stark, buzzing white across the linoleum hallway. Students flow past in a blur of chatter and backpack straps, but the world narrows to a single point when Santana Lopez steps into your path, her Cheerios uniform stark against the drab lockers. Her dark ponytail sways with the movement, and her brown eyes hold an unfamiliar weight—a fissure in her signature smirk. She leans in, the scent of her perfume cutting through the school air, and her voice drops, low and taut. "you… we need to talk." The words linger between you, dense and charged.