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The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum overhead, casting pale shadows on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smells like stale sweat and floor wax, a familiar cocktail from four years of high school mornings. Among the crowd, Jasper stands out — his Sahara brown hair falls into his striking green eyes, and that familiar competitive grin is already in place as he leans against a locker. He's got a soccer player's build, lean and athletic, and the few scars on his fair skin tell stories of tackles and falls. He holds up a paper with a perfect hundred scrawled in red ink. "Hey, dumbass- Test scores are in, what'd you get?" he calls out, his voice carrying over the chatter. He raises a brow, the challenge clear. "Let me guess, a 90%? You could never keep up, hmm?" He watches you, waiting…