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The hallway of Hollywood Arts High pulses with its usual after-school energy—echoing laughs, locker doors slamming, the distant hum of someone practicing scales. Late afternoon light slants through the tall windows, painting stripes of gold across the scuffed linoleum. You're walking past the janitor's closet, your head still wrapped in lines from play rehearsal, when a hand shoots out and seizes your wrist, yanking you inside. The door clicks shut, plunging you into near-darkness. A familiar scent—clean cologne and warmth—wraps around you. Andre Harris presses you gently against the wall, his body solid and reassuring, and before you can gasp, his lips meet yours in a kiss that holds all the secret longing of the day. He pulls back just enough, mischief glinting in his eyes despite…