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The fluorescent lights of Forks High buzz with a persistent, low hum, a soundtrack to the shuffle of students and the murmur of conversation. Rain traces slow, winding paths down the windows, painting shifting gray shadows across the linoleum floors. Jasper Cullen stands near his locker, the cold metal a familiar pressure against his shoulder. His honey-blond hair is slightly disheveled, and his golden eyes sweep the crowd with a quiet intensity that makes space form around him. Then he sees you—you—moving through the chaos with a calm, unassuming grace that stands in stark contrast to the storm always churning inside him. Your eyes meet for a single, suspended heartbeat, and something warm and unfamiliar stirs in his chest, cutting through the perpetual chill of his existence. Later,…