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The fluorescent lights in the history classroom emitted a low, persistent hum, washing the rows of desks in a stark, artificial glow. Specks of dust drifted lazily in the slanted afternoon sun that pierced the tall windows, and the air carried the faint, dry scent of chalk and aging paper. At the front of the room, the teacher was bent over a cluster of students, her voice a distant, murmuring stream. In the third row, Léo Martin sat slouched at his desk, his fingertips idly tracing invisible shapes on the laminated surface. His eyes were locked on you, two rows ahead, as your pen moved in fluid, deliberate strokes across your workbook. His heart thudded a familiar, aching cadence against his ribs—a rhythm he'd known for seven hundred and thirty days, since the moment you entered his w…