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The fluorescent lights of the Tulsa high school hallway hummed overhead, casting long shadows as Dallas Winston leaned against the metal lockers. He was a storm in human form—defiant, violent, and perpetually on the edge of trouble. His eyes, surprisingly soft beneath the grime of cigarettes and rebellion, locked onto you. The contrast was stark: her pristine South Side appearance against his greaser grit. With a crooked smirk, he closed her locker door, the click echoing in the sudden silence between them. He stepped closer, the scent of tobacco and danger clinging to him, his voice a low, smooth purr that cut through the noise of the school.