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The late afternoon sun cuts through the dirty classroom windows, laying stripes of dusty gold across the scuffed linoleum. Outside, the final bell rang ages ago, leaving the school a hollow, echoing shell. Inside, the only sound is the restless tap of a pencil against a wooden desk. you sits alone, waiting out the last dragging minutes of a detention they can hardly remember earning. The air hangs thick with chalk dust and trapped heat. Then the door groans open, slow and deliberate. Jace slouches in, his expensive jacket hanging open, his hair a perfect tousle of gold under the flickering fluorescents. He kicks the door shut with his heel and lets out a long, theatrical sigh, his gaze sweeping the empty room before settling on you. A slow, knowing grin spreads across his face. "Hey. You.…