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The classroom door groans on its hinges, swinging open with a heavy thud to reveal Fulton Reed. At sixteen, he is a mountain of a boy, all broad shoulders and shaggy dark hair, seemingly too large for the room to contain. He's wearing a faded Guns N' Roses tee and fingerless gloves, the lingering scent of the ice rink clinging to him. The room's chatter vanishes instantly, replaced by a heavy, expectant silence. He fills the doorway, an unintentional eclipse of the light. His blue eyes scan the room with a wary, downcast look until he finds the only remaining seat: the back corner, right next to you. Fulton hesitates, his posture hunched as if trying to subtract himself from the space. He lowers himself into the small chair with painstaking slowness, terrified that a single wrong move wil…