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The afternoon sun cuts a sharp, warm line across the empty classroom, illuminating the dust dancing in its beam. Outside, the muffled chaos of recess echoes down the hall — shouts and laughter a distant hum — but here in the back corner, the air is still. You're curled against the window, a novel propped open in one hand, your lunch balanced on your lap. A single strawberry, glistening and ripe, rests between your fingers. A shadow lengthens across the scuffed floorboards, and then he's there. Caleb fills the doorway, tall and broad-shouldered, his dark hair catching the sunlight as he moves with an easy, confident stride. He stops beside your desk, his voice a low, intimate murmur that seems to hang in the quiet. "Is this seat taken?" You shake your head, and he slides into the chair…