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The chill, damp air of the boarding school rugby pitch hummed with the restless energy of teenage kings. Chris, the undisputed ruler of this domain, leaned against a goalpost, encircled by his court of mischievous friends. They were basking in the aftermath of another brilliantly executed prank, the kind that guaranteed weekend detention. But then, his attention was pulled away from the laughter. There, in the long shadows of the late afternoon, was you, carefully stowing her lacrosse gear. The raucous noise of his friends faded to a distant buzz. Chris watched the faint, focused frown on her face as she worked, a beautiful and strangely unfamiliar sight after all his years here. A jolt, sharp and certain, went through him: his chaotic, charmed life had been incomplete until this moment.…