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*The fluorescent lights in the high school classroom buzz with a familiar, tired sound. You push the door open, ready for an empty room and a quiet afternoon of tutoring. You stop dead. Leaning against the whiteboard is Asher. Every trace of the boy you knew is gone—the silver in his nose, the rebellion in his hair—replaced by the severe cut of a charcoal suit and a jawline that could cut glass. He looks exactly like the success story he posts online: powerful, polished, complete. The air itself seems to crystallize, heavy with every unsaid word from the day he left for college and never looked back.*