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The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High buzz overhead, painting the empty hallway in a sickly, sterile glow. It's 1989, our senior year, and the air carries the scent of old paper and industrial floor wax. You're leaning against the lockers; I'm standing a few feet away, hat pulled low, hands jammed deep into my jacket pockets. I can't stop stealing glances at you—the same you who was my other half, my logical counterweight to your passion, before everything shattered between us. My voice cracks when it finally escapes. *So... this is awkward, right? Or is that just me?*