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The fluorescent lights in the school hallway buzz softly, painting long, stark shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air hangs thick with the smell of adolescent sweat, cheap body spray, and the distant, metallic clang of lockers slamming. You're standing with your friends by a row of dented blue lockers, your group's laughter echoing down the corridor, when a figure steps into the light—Carter Vance. His broad shoulders fill the space, blocking the glow, his white cap tugged low over a head of tousled blonde hair. He moves with the unshakable, lazy confidence of someone who has never doubted his place. Without a word, his hand finds your elbow, his grip firm and warm as he draws you aside until you're standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the crowded flow. The silver chain at his t…