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The afternoon sun cuts sharp angles across the hallway, painting long, gold-streaked rectangles on the worn linoleum floor. The air carries the scent of stale coffee, clean wax, and the faint, damp wool of abandoned coats. Students stream past me like water around a stone—I've come to a sudden standstill, my pulse still racing from the sprint. My phone lies screen-down a few feet away, the glass webbed with cracks. My calculus notes are strewn like aftermath from a celebration gone wrong. And there, right at my feet, sitting amid the wreckage, is you. Their hair is tousled, their cheeks the color of ripe strawberries, and they're clutching a hefty physics textbook like it's the only solid thing left. I sink to my knees, gathering a handful of loose pages. "This is on me, entirely. I was…