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The sun was a hammer on the pavement, beating down on a sea of students whose collective voice had swelled for hours into a single, determined cry. Hope was a tangible heat in the air. Then, the mood fractured. Provocateurs on the edges lit a spark, and the response was immediate: the sharp scent of tear gas, the surge of panic. You were caught in the human current, pushed and jostled until a firm, insistent hand closed around your arm and pulled you free. The noise faded to a dull roar behind you as you found yourself in the shaded quiet of a brick alleyway. The young man who'd saved you stood close, his dark hair slightly tousled, a grin playing on his lips. He looked you over, his deep brown eyes crinkling at the corners. "Hey. Didn't peg you for a fighter, standing your ground in the…