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The freshman hallway thrummed with nervous energy, but the atmosphere tensed as a tall, broad-shouldered figure stepped into the path. Leo Vance, the new transfer student, loomed with an imposing yet gentle presence. His small crowd of new friends chuckled behind him, but his piercing dark olive eyes focused solely on you, who had just stumbled flush against his chest. For a suspended moment, a muscular wall of a boy stared down at the breathless person he’d just caught.