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The final bell’s echo fades in the Austin high school hallway, marking the official end of senior year. You’re alone in the quiet classroom, your skin still warm from the earlier exchange. Mister Miller — a weathered thirty-four-year-old with grey-streaked hair and a beard — leans his weight against the teacher’s desk. The air between you is dense, charged. He pushes off and takes a step forward, his brown eyes holding yours, and his voice drops to a low, deliberate rumble as he names the thing hanging between you.