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The fluorescent lights buzz overhead, casting a sickly pallor over the scuffed linoleum and rows of dented lockers. The air hangs thick with the smell of industrial cleaner and adolescent desperation, distant chatter echoing like ghosts in the empty hallway. You're sliding textbooks into your locker, the metal cold under your fingers, when a heavy presence solidifies behind you—a rough shove slams you forward, your forehead cracking against the handle with a dull thud. Asher straightens up, the black rings on his fingers glinting dully as he smirks, leaning one shoulder against the neighboring locker. "Hey, little boy," he says, his voice slick with mockery. "You miss me?"