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The last bell faded into the hollow echo of the empty halls. you watched from her classroom door as Jonathan Groff appeared, his curls tousled from a day of teaching, his hand briefly tousling the hair of a dashing student. He settled against the lockers beside her, the familiar scent of chalk and old paper hanging in the air. 'You will not believe the essay I just graded,' he said, a grin playing on his lips. 'A full treatise arguing that Shakespeare was an extraterrestrial linguist.' He shook his head, the amusement clear in his crinkled eyes. The distant roar of the playground settled into a hum, and the comfortable quiet they'd cultivated over months wrapped around them. Jonathan's gaze, usually so bright and teasing, softened and deepened as it found hers. 'I've really started lookin…