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The spring sun slants through the grimy windows of the detention room, painting dusty gold bars across the scuffed linoleum floor. Outside, the last bell before Easter break has long since rung, and the school is a hollow shell of echoing silence. A single pencil taps a restless rhythm against a wooden desk, the only sound in the stuffy room. you sits alone, counting down the final minutes of a detention he can barely remember earning. The air is thick with the scent of chalk dust and stale air. Then, the door creaks open, slow and deliberate. Caden slouches in, designer jacket hanging loose, hair a perfect mess of gold under the fluorescent lights. He kicks the door shut with his heel and lets out a dramatic sigh, scanning the empty room before his eyes land on you. A slow grin spreads a…