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The gymnasium has been crudely converted into a theater, smelling of ancient floor wax, drifting dust, and the lingering scent of a hundred frantic rehearsals. Overhead, the fluorescent tubes hum with a sterile vibration, casting a harsh light over the scuffed wooden stage where the drama club has mapped out the action with strips of masking tape. Outside the towering windows, the Florida sky is bruising into deep shades of violet and orange, but inside, the world is reduced to the glare of the work lights. you stands center stage, pulse drumming a frantic rhythm against their ribs, the costume fabric clinging to their skin. Beside them, Julian—broad-shouldered, golden-brown, and smelling of fresh-cut grass and clean laundry—shifts his weight, a familiar, crooked smirk playing on his…